American - Musician | April 17, 1967 -
Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good.
Liz Phair
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I love stretching myself musically.
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I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.
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Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.
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You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.
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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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You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
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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 was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.
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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.
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Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.
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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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