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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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World

" I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean? "

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

" I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally. "

" No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in them. "

" 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 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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Women

Young

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I love stretching myself musically. "

" I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. "

" 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. "

" I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it! "

" There's nothing wrong at all with women wanting to be women. "

" 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. "

Liz Phair

Quiet

Win

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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

" Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable. "

" It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them. "