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.
AIMEE MANNIt’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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I don’t believe in asking people to spend $15 on something they’ve never heard before. That’s just unreasonable.
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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
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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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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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At a major label you can start to feel that you’re working for them, and that any work you do, you’re never going to see any benefit.
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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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