American - Musician | July 27, 1967 -
From the beginning, I've always had a knack for catchy melodies. But I went through a period when I was trying to be rock n' roll and have a rock n' roll attitude. I was fighting my nature by trying to play really hard and sing really hard. But at a certain point, I realized that I loved syrupy pop music with tons of harmony.
Juliana Hatfield
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I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.
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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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You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.
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When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.
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I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse.
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I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.
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I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.
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Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.
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What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is measured by how many records she sells?
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I think everyone's pretty much the same underneath. The collective unconscious is a real thing. There's only a few emotions, and we all have them. There's, like, seven emotions. So personal is universal. Everyone experiences confusion, joy and pain, just in different forms.
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I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.
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