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 MANNBecause 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.’
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
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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 probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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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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It’s not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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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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