You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANNYou drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANNI have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I’m really working on him about that.
AIMEE MANNWhen 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.
AIMEE MANNThey want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
AIMEE MANNOne 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.
AIMEE MANNIn the ’70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn’t really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed.
AIMEE MANNI thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
AIMEE MANNThe king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
AIMEE MANNAnybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
AIMEE MANNEveryone’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.
AIMEE MANNIt’s more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that’s good and where the music is used in a really great way. That’s the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don’t care.
AIMEE MANNSomething gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
AIMEE MANNTelling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
AIMEE MANNWhen things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
AIMEE MANNI did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn’t great.
AIMEE MANNI 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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