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" Just do what feels right. "

Juliana Hatfield

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" Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it. "

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" I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting. "

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" It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed. "

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" Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore. "

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" I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money. "

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" When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person. "

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" You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody. "

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" I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter. "

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" My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act. "

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" My dad claims that he was able to trace us back to the West Virginia Hatfields. When I look at the old pictures, the patriarchs have kind of a physical likeness to some of the men on the father's side of my family. I want it to be true. "

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" I have been a bridesmaid. Fortunately, the outfits were pretty tame. They were cream and black, but I still wouldn't wear them out in public, though. "

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" I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office. "

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" When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes. "

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" My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess. "

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" At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk. "

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" I'm really conflicted about my role as a front-person. I hate the attention. "

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" I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval. "

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" People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl. "

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" I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist. "

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" Human relations, I mess them up, and they let me down. "

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" The first kiss between two people is something really good in life. "

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" All I'm trying to do is to keep going and keep evolving. "

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" I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing. "

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" Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star. "

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" Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life. "

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" I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids. "

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" Harmonies come really naturally to me. I don't have to labor too hard over them. I'll sing a lead vocal, and then I will immediately have all of these other ideas for vocal harmonies. I think that some of the most fun parts of recording, for me, are the vocal harmonies. "

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