Frankie Cosmos Quotes
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I'm always the one sitting at the merch table and talking to everyone at the show - and I think it's because I have this deep fear that if I'm not approachable or I'm not there, people are going to think I'm a brat.
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I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it.
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I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band.
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What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.'
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If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is always changing, and so is the way that I feel about stuff.
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Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can.
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It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob Dylan can make so many records over so long a time; it's not like he's been sad all this time. He's really successful!
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It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially for teenagers who are starting to write: to see that I started out making pretty easy and weird and bad-sounding music and that you can teach yourself how to write over a long period of time.
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It was a really long process, dropping out of college. I was there for a semester, then I would take a semester off and go on tour, then I would go back for a semester.
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The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the only time that I was forced to perform music, because I had piano recitals, and my school also had mandatory music classes that had some performing required.
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Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix.
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One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different things and have different careers.
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I think I'd like my hair to be perfect.
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I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started writing songs.
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It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.
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I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'
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My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness.
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I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?'
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I think I'm always changing as a writer and trying new things.
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I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things.
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When I was 18, I borrowed my parents' car, and they are super supportive. They might give us snacks for the road, but it's not like they are paying clubs to book us.
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There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not.
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I knew that 'Next Thing' was an angry album while I was making it. But I thought that it was angry the way that you get in a fight, not angry as a huge life change.
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The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates.