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At a major label you can start to feel that you're working for them, and that any work you do, you're never going to see any benefit.
Aimee Mann
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Aimee Mann
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 9
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Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it's a huge antidote to that to have a concept album.
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It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.
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I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.
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Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.
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