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 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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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 really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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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.
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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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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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I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.
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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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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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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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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 think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
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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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If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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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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