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 MANNTelling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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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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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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There’s a lot of music that sounds like it’s literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
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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.’
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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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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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When I grew up in the ’70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn’t think you had a choice.
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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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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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And nothing fuels a good flirtation Like need and anger and desperation No, the moth don’t care if the flame is real.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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I don’t consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.
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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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