black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Aimee Mann

Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
AIMEE MANN

Business Clearly Content Lot
I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
AIMEE MANN

Label Major More Own Record Selling
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 MANN

Admit Bad Confront Doubt Maybe Momentum Past Sake
When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
AIMEE MANN

Everything Great Inspirational Mean Place Really
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.
AIMEE MANN

Addiction Discover Generate Guy Instrument Isolation Last People Perfect Record Sitting
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
AIMEE MANN

Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want
In the ’70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn’t really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed.
AIMEE MANN

Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
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.
AIMEE MANN

Almost Conflict Drama Emotion Everyone Extract Interesting Resolution Strive
Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
AIMEE MANN

Care Cool Interesting Less Thinking Want
All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
AIMEE MANN

Back Bring Drug Enough Perfect Superhero Zero
For me, there’s a fine line between telling a story that’s fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it’s bloodless, a little too fictional.
AIMEE MANN

Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
AIMEE MANN

Doe Feel Important Make Trying Weak
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.
AIMEE MANN

Almost Choice Drug Grew Seventies Take Think Thought
Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
AIMEE MANN

Back Better Drive Forever Future Keys Perfect Staying Together Zero
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

Appear Couple Gotten Idea Last Made One Past Thing Uncomfortable Year
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.
AIMEE MANN

Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
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.
AIMEE MANN

Care Good Great Important Movie Music Record Stuff Thing Want Way
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.
AIMEE MANN

Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
AIMEE MANN

Brain Know Need Someone Tell Want
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.
AIMEE MANN

Dignity Graceful Problem Series Solve Way
I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
AIMEE MANN

Change Chord Happen Interest Kept Mind Need Probably Same Slog Tendency
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
AIMEE MANN

Anymore People Record Support Themselves
Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
AIMEE MANN

Anyone Freak Love never Rank Save Sex Suspect
I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
AIMEE MANN

Engage Happy Interest Think
I don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
AIMEE MANN

Business Career Envy Left Lot Music Really Right Trying Way
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.
AIMEE MANN

Busy Dough Drummer Limit Manger Need Play
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.
AIMEE MANN

Allergic Car Context Fall Listen Music Old Radio Reaction Thing Working Year

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aimee Mann Quotes