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 probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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The 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.
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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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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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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.
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It’s not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
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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.’
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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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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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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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Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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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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