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" So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard. "

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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. "

Liz Phair

People

Know

Independence

" I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings. "

" When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me. "

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

" 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. "

" Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. "

Liz Phair

Perfection

Never

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

" Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works. "

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

" 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. "

" My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror. "

" 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 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. "

Liz Phair

Women

Young

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press. "

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

Liz Phair

Parents

Parent

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