All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
AIMEE MANNAnybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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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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Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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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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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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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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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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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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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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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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It’s not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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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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I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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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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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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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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