But I can’t confront the doubts I have. I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I’m condemning the future to death so it can match the past.
AIMEE MANNKnowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that’s interesting.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
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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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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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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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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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If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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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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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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