Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that’s interesting.
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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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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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 more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that’s good and where the music is used in a really great way. That’s the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don’t care.
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I don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
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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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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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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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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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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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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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There’s a lot of music that sounds like it’s literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
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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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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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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can’t see it any other way.
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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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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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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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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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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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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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