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.’
AIMEE MANNIt’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.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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I 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.
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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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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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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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Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that’s interesting.
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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 wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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What’s interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren’t interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict – or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.
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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
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They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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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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