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" I love stretching myself musically. "
Liz Phair
Musically
Love
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" It's important to have people who will say to you that you're really off the beaten track. "
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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'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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different. "
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" I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. "
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" When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it! "
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" 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. "
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" No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in 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 don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life! "
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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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