Liz Phair Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Mean, Kind, Remember

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• I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

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  Kind, Nervous, Enjoy

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• I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

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  Performing, Comfortable

  "Liz Phair Talks Collaborating with A.R. Rahman for PEOPLE LIKE US, Taking on the Male Rock Establishment, Her New Album and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 26, 2012.

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• I grew up with a lot of brothers and male cousins, so I had to worm my way in to get heard. But that's sort of what excites me.

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  Brother, Cousin, Males

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• So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.

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  Artist, Doe, Liz

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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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  Records, Firsts, Amazed

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• That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win

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  Winning, Cds, Play

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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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  Morning, Son, Breakfast

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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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  Character, Views, Challenges

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• Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

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  Different, Crowds, Seems

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• I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

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  Mom, Phases, Proud

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• The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue

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  Thinking, Issues, People

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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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  People, Style, Identity

  Yahoo! Music Interview with Dave DiMartino, April 25, 2004.

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• Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

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  Writing, Heart, Musical

  "An Extraordinary Interview". Interview with Dave DiMartino, www.oocities.org. April 25, 2004.

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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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  Thinking, Creative, Challenges

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• I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!

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  Nice, Would Be, Instinct

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• I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.

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  Way, Gains, Used

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• The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants.

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  Reading, Insightful, Want

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• I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

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  People, Records, Feels

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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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  Skills, Giving, Essentials

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• I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.

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  Summer, Rocks, Clothes

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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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  Beauty, People, Musical

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• Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.

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  People, Attention, Body

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• I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.

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  Long, Way, Long Time

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• People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.

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  Cds, Games, Space

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