All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.
AIMEE MANNIt’s not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
More Aimee Mann Quotes
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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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I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
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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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The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
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Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
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I’m selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.
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