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For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.
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I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometimes in combat boots.
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You know what’s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it.
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I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to my outsider or insider status and just do the work and play the shows and connect with the people. And not even bother to play this game of keeping score, which is what destroys you.
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If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.
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Thank God my best friend's a therapist.
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I feel an extraordinary amount of sympathy for anybody working at a major label right now because their lives are over.
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The perfect tools aren't going to help us if we can't face each other and give and receive fearlessly, but more important, to ask without shame.
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When we really see each other, we want to help each other.
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When you trust people to help you, they often do.
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I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about. I've slept with girls I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.
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I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.
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Every album is just a greatest hits of whatever songs are on a pile when I go in to make a record.
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I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.
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