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 wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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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 suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
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Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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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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Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can’t stop.
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I don’t believe in asking people to spend $15 on something they’ve never heard before. That’s just unreasonable.
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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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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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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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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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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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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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