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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.

Aimee Mann

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what’s important to you, does not make you weaker.
AIMEE MANN

Doe Feel Important Make Trying Weak
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.
AIMEE MANN

Boxing Famous Friend Gym Realy Train Trainer
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.
AIMEE MANN

Care Good Great Important Movie Music Record Stuff Thing Want Way
The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
AIMEE MANN

Jailhouse King Lighten Load Queen Road Share Think Thinking
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
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.
AIMEE MANN

Again Air Crime Nightly Retrace Return Scene Step
When things are really great, it just means everything’s in it’s place.
AIMEE MANN

Everything Great Inspirational Mean Place Really
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.
AIMEE MANN

Almost Conflict Drama Emotion Everyone Extract Interesting Resolution Strive
I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf.
AIMEE MANN

Everything Girl Interest Interesting Learn Scuba Surf Thought Want
You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANN

Bird Cage Fear Sweet Tame Terrible
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.
AIMEE MANN

Artist Deal Distribution Entity Label Own Record Sign Trying
Something gets lost when you translate. It’s hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.
AIMEE MANN

Lost Perspective Something Translate
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.
AIMEE MANN

Going Greed Hear Motivation Music Reflect Sole
You get into the cadence in your mind, and it’s hard to make the kind of left turn that you probably need to keep it really interesting.
AIMEE MANN

Cadence Interest Keep Left Make Mind Need Probably Real Turn
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.
AIMEE MANN

Allergic Car Context Fall Listen Music Old Radio Reaction Thing Working Year
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

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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