Liz Phair Quotes
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My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off.
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I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.
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My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.
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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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I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?
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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.
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I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think.
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Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.
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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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I am comfortable performing now. I love it!
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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.
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I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.
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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 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.
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I just don't fit into the box.
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I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.
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I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.
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After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.
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My career has been riddled with controversy, which I never fully understand.
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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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I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.
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I love stretching myself musically.
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I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.
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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.