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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.

Aimee Mann

It really doesn’t matter to me what people say about me anymore.
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Anymore Matter People Real
I probably would’ve kept slogging on that same chord change, because there’s a tendency to have that happen.
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Change Chord Happen Interest Kept Mind Need Probably Same Slog Tendency
I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
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Different Flavor Piano Song Want Writing
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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Consider Great Least Myself Proof Think Writer
What’s interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren’t interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict – or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.
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Almost Conflict Drama Emotion Everyone Extract Interesting Resolution Strive
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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Everything Interest Know Label Object Record
Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can’t stop.
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Brain Drug Everybody Feeling Something Stop Understand
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
I don’t envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.
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Business Career Envy Left Lot Music Really Right Trying Way
Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
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Back Better Drive Forever Future Keys Perfect Staying Together Zero
Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
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Doe Feel Important Make Trying Weak
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
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Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want
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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Artist Deal Distribution Entity Label Own Record Sign Trying
People don’t buy records anymore. I don’t know how people can support themselves.
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Anymore People Record Support Themselves
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.
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Back Black Burn Care Flame Game Moth Once Real See Wing
I’m really into boxing. I go to a gym and I’m friends with a trainer who’s a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.
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Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
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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Anger Desperation Flame Flirt Fuel Good Like Need Nothing Real
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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Greed Living Make Making Motivation Thinking Trying Understand
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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Admit Bad Confront Doubt Maybe Momentum Past Sake
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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Appear Couple Gotten Idea Last Made One Past Thing Uncomfortable Year
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 suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.
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Become Better Happy Misread Other Some Suppose Thing
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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Blood Detail Fictional Fine Line Little Story Telling Too Much Yourself
Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
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Care Cool Interesting Less Thinking Want
The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
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Always Coming Knock never One Out Punch
All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn’t be enough to bring me back to zero.
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Back Bring Drug Enough Perfect Superhero Zero

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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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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