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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.

Aimee Mann

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.
AIMEE MANN

Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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Label Major More Own Record Selling
You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
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Bird Cage Fear Sweet Tame Terrible
It’s easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.
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Control Describe Easy Horrible Life Own Shame
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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Going Greed Hear Motivation Music Reflect Sole
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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Asking Before Believe Heard People Something Unreasonable
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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Care Deal Flame Moth Real Sweetheart
Everyone’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.
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Album Antidote Aspect Emotion Everyone Extract Feeling Music Think
There’s a lot of music that sounds like it’s literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
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Computer Divorce Down Generated Guy Literally Lot Music Sit Sound
When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
AIMEE MANN

Everything Great Inspirational Mean Place Really
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 MANN

Addiction Discover Generate Guy Instrument Isolation Last People Perfect Record Sitting
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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Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
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 MANN

Back Black Burn Care Flame Game Moth Once Real See Wing
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.
AIMEE MANN

Admit Bad Confront Doubt Maybe Momentum Past Sake
It’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.
AIMEE MANN

Again Avoid Case Come Dictionary Down Find Up Writing
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
AIMEE MANN

Anymore People Record Support Themselves

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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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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