It’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.
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.
AIMEE MANNAt 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 MANNNo, 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.
AIMEE MANNAnd if that’s your sole motivation, it’s going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you’re going to hear it in the music.
AIMEE MANNAll that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
AIMEE MANNThe moth don’t care when he sees the flame He might get burned, but he’s in the game And once he’s in, he can’t go back He’ll beat his wings till he burns them black.
AIMEE MANNBetter take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
AIMEE MANNYou 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.
AIMEE MANNFor 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.
AIMEE MANNI wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
AIMEE MANNYou drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANNI’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
AIMEE MANNWhen 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.
AIMEE MANNSomething gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
AIMEE MANNIt really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
AIMEE MANNIn 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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