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" I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. "
Liz Phair
I Am
You
Live
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" My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly. "
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" I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip. "
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" When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me. "
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" It's important to have people who will say to you that you're really off the beaten track. "
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" I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once. "
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" I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know. "
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" I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment? "
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Character
Love
" It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming. "
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" You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage. "
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Think
Much
" I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes. "
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Try
See
" I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife. "
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I Was Raised
Housewife
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" I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to. "
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Used
Time
" I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that. "
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" Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting. "
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" I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art. "
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Young
" All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it. "
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Parent
" I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. "
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" I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. "
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" I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious. "
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