Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that’s interesting.
AIMEE MANNTelling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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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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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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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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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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When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
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I don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
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