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 MANNI did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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It’s funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can’t even understand, which drug addiction is the perfect negative example of.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
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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.
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I might be stupid to think love is love, but I do.
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I suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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