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" I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life! "
Liz Phair
Trust
Be Nice
Life
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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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" I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything. "
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" I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse. "
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" It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them. "
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" I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that. "
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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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" I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. "
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" Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined. "
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" Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. "
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" Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic. "
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" My career has been riddled with controversy, which I never fully understand. "
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" People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that. "
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" So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard. "
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" I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in. "
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" Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable. "
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" Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh. "
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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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" I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response. "
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" You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. "
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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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" That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win. "
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" 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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