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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.

Aimee Mann

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
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
I might be stupid to think love is love, but I do.
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Love Stupid Think
All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
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Back Bring Drug Enough Perfect Superhero Zero
I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
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Engage Happy Interest Think
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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Everything Interest Know Label Object Record
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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Almost Choice Drug Grew Seventies Take Think Thought
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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Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
It’s funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can’t even understand, which drug addiction is the perfect negative example of.
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Addiction Discover Generate Guy Instrument Isolation Last People Perfect Record Sitting
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
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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Anger Desperation Flame Flirt Fuel Good Like Need Nothing Real
What’s interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren’t interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict – or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.
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Almost Conflict Drama Emotion Everyone Extract Interesting Resolution Strive
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
No, the moth don’t care when he sees the flame The moth don’t care if the flame is real ‘Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal.
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Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
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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Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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Jailhouse King Lighten Load Queen Road Share Think Thinking

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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