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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

I don’t believe in asking people to spend $15 on something they’ve never heard before. That’s just unreasonable.
AIMEE MANN

Asking Before Believe Heard People Something Unreasonable
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
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
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
If your standards are low, you’re going to stop pretty early on in the process.
AIMEE MANN

Early Low Pretty Process Standard Stop
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.
AIMEE MANN

Busy Dough Drummer Limit Manger Need Play
Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can’t see it any other way.
AIMEE MANN

Dignity Graceful Problem Series Solve Way
In the ’70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn’t really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed.
AIMEE MANN

Drug Everybody Good People Recovery Think Thought Time
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
And nothing fuels a good flirtation Like need and anger and desperation No, the moth don’t care if the flame is real.
AIMEE MANN

Anger Desperation Flame Flirt Fuel Good Like Need Nothing Real
Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can’t stop.
AIMEE MANN

Brain Drug Everybody Feeling Something Stop Understand
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.
AIMEE MANN

Album Antidote Aspect Emotion Everyone Extract Feeling Music Think
Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won’t put these futures back together.
AIMEE MANN

Back Better Drive Forever Future Keys Perfect Staying Together Zero
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

Benefit Feel Label Major Start Work Working
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
They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.
AIMEE MANN

Artist Deal Distribution Label Lot Product Sign Want

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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