I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
AIMEE MANNAnd 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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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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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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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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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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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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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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You get into the cadence in your mind, and it’s hard to make the kind of left turn that you probably need to keep it really interesting.
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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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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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If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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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 suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
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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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