Cat Power Quotes

• We can all be free
  Maybe not with words
  Maybe not with a look
  But with your mind

  Cat Power

  Mind, Looks

  Song: Maybe Not, Album: You Are Free, 2003

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• I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

  Cat Power

  Thinking, People, World

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

  Cat Power

  Brain, Problem, Guts

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.

  Cat Power

  War, Mistake, Moving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.

  Cat Power

  Kids, Thinking, Voice

  "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.

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• Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

  Cat Power

  Crazy, Thinking, Problem

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.

  Cat Power

  Impossible, Clique

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Oh I do believe
  In all the things you see
  What comes is better
  Than what came before

  Cat Power

  Believe

  Song: I Found A Reason, Album: The Covers Record, 2000

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• I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

  Cat Power

  Long, Pay, Becoming

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never give up, no, never give up
  If you're looking for something easy
  You might as well give it up.

  Cat Power

  Giving Up, Might, Easy

  Song: Say, Album: Moon Pix, 1998

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• I am human and I make mistakes.

  Cat Power

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, I Make Mistakes

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• I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

  Cat Power

  Done, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I need to be able to face things.

  Cat Power

  Needs, Able, Faces

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always dressed like a dude.

  Cat Power

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Nobody considers a covers record an album.

  Cat Power

  Albums, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear.

  Cat Power

  Proud, Producers, Needed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid.

  Cat Power

  Kids, Joy, Littles

  "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.

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• People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

  Cat Power

  Tired, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People and their religions don't affect me.

  Cat Power

  People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.

  Cat Power

  Fire, Play, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.

  Cat Power

  Diamond, Entertainers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.

  Cat Power

  Men, Los Angeles, Moved

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.

  Cat Power

  Choices, Supportive, Made

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

  Cat Power

  Rocks, Hip Hop, Connections

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

  Cat Power

  Guitar, Relax, Locks

  "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.

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