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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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" 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

" The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants. "

" I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records. "

Liz Phair

Feel

Sell

" 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. "

" My career has been riddled with controversy, which I never fully understand. "

" 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 love stretching myself musically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

Liz Phair

Dig

Want

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

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

Liz Phair

Parents

Parent

" 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. "

Liz Phair

Anything

Look

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

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

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