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I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.

Aimee Mann

If you’re an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it’s hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity.
AIMEE MANN

Artist Deal Distribution Entity Label Own Record Sign Trying
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He’s busy. And I’m busy. I don’t need the dough, though. But having said that, there’s a limit to how much bad music I wanna play.
AIMEE MANN

Busy Dough Drummer Limit Manger Need Play
At a major label you can start to feel that you’re working for them, and that any work you do, you’re never going to see any benefit.
AIMEE MANN

Benefit Feel Label Major Start Work Working
No, the moth don’t care when he sees the flame The moth don’t care if the flame is real ‘Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal.
AIMEE MANN

Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
AIMEE MANN

Label Major More Own Record Selling
I’m really into boxing. I go to a gym and I’m friends with a trainer who’s a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.
AIMEE MANN

Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
AIMEE MANN

Back Better Drive Forever Future Keys Perfect Staying Together Zero
Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can’t stop.
AIMEE MANN

Brain Drug Everybody Feeling Something Stop Understand
Nightly you retrace your steps again to return to the scene of the crime. It’s uncanny how you hover in the air of the wreckage that you left behind.
AIMEE MANN

Again Air Crime Nightly Retrace Return Scene Step
You get into the cadence in your mind, and it’s hard to make the kind of left turn that you probably need to keep it really interesting.
AIMEE MANN

Cadence Interest Keep Left Make Mind Need Probably Real Turn
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
AIMEE MANN

Anymore People Record Support Themselves
But I can’t confront the doubts I have. I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I’m condemning the future to death so it can match the past.
AIMEE MANN

Admit Bad Confront Doubt Maybe Momentum Past Sake
For me, there’s a fine line between telling a story that’s fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it’s bloodless, a little too fictional.
AIMEE MANN

Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
Because I grew up in the 60s girls were not allowed to do anything. As I’ve gotten older and realized that women can do things like that I thought, ‘Why not? Now’s the time.’
AIMEE MANN

Allow Anything Girl Gotten Grew Older Realize Thought Time Women
I don’t believe in asking people to spend $15 on something they’ve never heard before. That’s just unreasonable.
AIMEE MANN

Asking Before Believe Heard People Something Unreasonable
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
AIMEE MANN

Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want

I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.

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I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.

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