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 MANNIt’s more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that’s good and where the music is used in a really great way. That’s the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don’t care.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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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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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.
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I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
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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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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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Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can’t see it any other way.
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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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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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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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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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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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I might be stupid to think love is love, but I do.
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