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One of the things I’ve really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are.

Aimee Mann

Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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Lost Perspective Something Translate
What’s interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren’t interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict – or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.
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Almost Conflict Drama Emotion Everyone Extract Interesting Resolution Strive
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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Anymore People Record Support Themselves
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want
And if that’s your sole motivation, it’s going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you’re going to hear it in the music.
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Going Greed Hear Motivation Music Reflect Sole
I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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Great Music OK Some Young
It’s in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I’ll write it down in case it comes up again, I’ll be certain to avoid it.
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Again Avoid Case Come Dictionary Down Find Up Writing
In the ’70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn’t really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed.
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Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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Early Low Pretty Process Standard Stop
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.
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Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
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Everything Girl Interest Interesting Learn Scuba Surf Thought Want
Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that’s interesting.
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Everything Interest Know Label Object Record
It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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Anymore Matter People Real
I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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Label Major More Own Record Selling
I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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Change Chord Happen Interest Kept Mind Need Probably Same Slog Tendency
All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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Brain Know Need Someone Tell Want

One of the things I’ve really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are.

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