You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANNBut 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.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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If you’re an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it’s hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity.
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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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The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.
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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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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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