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" And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice. "

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" I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really. "

" After you've graduated, you're supposed to be an adult and go out into the world, and you're still not formed. It's an interesting... horrible, horrible time. "

" But everything has been so gradual that it's sort of all come from, just hard work and basically being at it. "

" I never thought about doing anything other than making art. "

" I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do. I'd be self-conscious if I did. Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think. "

" I never felt like I had anything really figured out. When I was a teenager, it was all about teenagers having an 'identity crisis.' That was the phrase that was used. But in my early 20s, I was still like, 'When am I going to be over that?' "

" I'm kind of a sloppy feminist. Any ideology makes me a little nervous because there's some point where it doesn't allow for the complexity of things. "

" It's amazing how many things you can do when you're just pretending. "

" I love Northampton. As exciting and glamorous as New York can be, I'm always really relieved to get back there. "

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" I still don't really feel like a bass player. "

" I watch 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' with my daughter. We're very into Buffy and Buffy's friends. "

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" It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult. "

" I don't even know if I always entirely get what I'm trying to say right away with lyrics. I like a lot of things that are more subtext. I grew up mishearing lyrics my whole life, but somehow there's so much more, too, that's implied in vocal delivery and the music itself and the gestural quality of it. "

" I'll leave a store if I hate the music. If it's just, like, techno, I feel like my brain is going to explode. "

" I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas. "

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" I can't think about whether I'll disappoint Sonic Youth fans. It's not like I want people to be disappointed, but I just can't control that. "

" You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of needing to please, which I do think girls and women feel more than men. "

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