British - Musician | December 1, 1954 -
I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.
Viv Albertine
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Punk inspired me.
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One of my faults is a big mouth. I tend to say the wrong thing without meaning to.
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Truth is splintered.
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I was brought up to be uncompromisingly bloody-minded by my mother. She equipped me, without knowing it, to be someone who is creative rather than an entertainer. Not many girls are brought up like that, to never rely on a man. To not be a housewife, not be a mother.
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Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to be as selfish as you have to be, as tunnel-visioned as you have to be to make art, not entertainment - you can't compromise, really.
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I'm the angriest and most empathetic person you'll ever meet.
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Women are constantly taught to think about what other people are thinking, from those 'Jackie' magazine quizzes - 'What's he thinking?' - to being a grown adult.
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I've only done a handful of things in my life that have stood out. The rest is just broth: mistakes and boredom.
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I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic.
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I usually write at my kitchen table, nothing exotic. I don't need any equipment. I don't have to organise anyone else to rehearse, and when I do a reading, lots of women and girls come, whereas gigs are dominated by men. Not against men, but I want to communicate to women.
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I like writing because I can do it anywhere, and I don't need money to do it.
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