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" I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time. "
Liz Phair
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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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" 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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" I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response. "
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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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" 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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" It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast. "
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" I just don't fit into the box. "
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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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" 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'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. "
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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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" I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them. "
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" Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable. "
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" I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings. "
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" Guys don't really don't wanna hear if it's really smart, and women feel uncomfortable if you reveal stuff they're going to have to remember they did themselves. "
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" 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. "
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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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Off
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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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" I love stretching myself musically. "
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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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" It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them. "
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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 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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