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" 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. "

Liz Phair

Thought

Life

My Life

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Liz Phair

People

Everything

" I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. "

" I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response. "

" 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? "

" You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction. "

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Perfection

Never

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

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

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" I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know. "

Liz Phair

Playing

Xbox

" 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. "

Liz Phair

Style

Bedroom

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Liz Phair

Now

Different

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" 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. "

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Learning

World

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

" 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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" It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too. "