I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
AIMEE MANNThere’s a lot of music that sounds like it’s literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
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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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You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
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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 did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
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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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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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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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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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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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Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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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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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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