It’s funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can’t even understand, which drug addiction is the perfect negative example of.
AIMEE MANNFor 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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It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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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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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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When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
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It’s not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
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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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I don’t consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.
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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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All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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No, the moth don’t care when he sees the flame The moth don’t care if the flame is real ‘Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal.
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I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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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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