“With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you f...” — Mitski Quote

“With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There's nothing that's set.”

“I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.”

“My personality's very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.”

“I think nothing can be taken for granted - be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work.”

“My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.”

“What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.”