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I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.

Aimee Mann

I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
AIMEE MANN

Change Chord Happen Interest Kept Mind Need Probably Same Slog Tendency
I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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Label Major More Own Record Selling
I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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Great Music OK Some Young
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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Greed Living Make Making Motivation Thinking Trying Understand
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.
AIMEE MANN

Cadence Interest Keep Left Make Mind Need Probably Real Turn
The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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Always Coming Knock never One Out Punch
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want
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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Busy Dough Drummer Limit Manger Need Play
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.
AIMEE MANN

Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
AIMEE MANN

Anymore People Record Support Themselves
Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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Doe Feel Important Make Trying Weak
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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Asking Before Believe Heard People Something Unreasonable
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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Consider Great Least Myself Proof Think Writer
I suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
AIMEE MANN

Become Better Happy Misread Other Some Suppose Thing
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.
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Benefit Feel Label Major Start Work Working
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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Album Antidote Aspect Emotion Everyone Extract Feeling Music Think

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.

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