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 MANNOne 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.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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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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If you’re an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it’s hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity.
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I suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
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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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Nightly you retrace your steps again to return to the scene of the crime. It’s uncanny how you hover in the air of the wreckage that you left behind.
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I might be stupid to think love is love, but I do.
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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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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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It’s in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I’ll write it down in case it comes up again, I’ll be certain to avoid it.
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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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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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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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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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