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 really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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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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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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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 don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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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.
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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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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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Everyone’s just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it’s a huge antidote to that to have a concept album.
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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
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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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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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