I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.
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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I’m really into boxing. I go to a gym and I’m friends with a trainer who’s a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.
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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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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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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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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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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I’m really working on him about that.
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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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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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