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.
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.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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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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People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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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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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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Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can’t see it any other way.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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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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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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If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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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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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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It’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.
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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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And nothing fuels a good flirtation Like need and anger and desperation No, the moth don’t care if the flame is real.
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