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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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" You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage. "

" I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore. "

" 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. "

" You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. "

" I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to. "

" I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act. "

" I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time. "

" I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point. "

" 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. "

" I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad. "

" I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife. "

" Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works. "

" I am comfortable performing now. I love it! "

" All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it. "

" Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done. "

" I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes. "

" Everyone wants to get into soundtracks. Everyone wants to do songs here and there. But, I think they want it for different reasons. I think I'm just tumbling through my life, enjoying playing with everybody. "

" My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off. "

" I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in. "

" Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually. "

" 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. "

" I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. "

" 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. "

" Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. "

" 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. "

" The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue. "

" Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. "

" 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. "