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Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely.
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Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with-rather than in competition with-the world.
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I don't try to make anybody outside happy.
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When you trust people to help you, they often do.
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All of my music, my stage show, my personality, my blog, my twitter feed, anything that's made me me, and a huge part of why people like and respect me, is that I just don't spend much energy on that other stuff. It's not worth it. It's a losing battle too. You're just screwed the minute you engage.
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I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.
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If we can repair things emotionally, a lot of other things would follow.
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I crave intimacy to the same burning degree that I detest commitment.
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I hate being ignored.
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I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.
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The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll.
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In other words, let's give our young women the right weapons to fight with as they charge naked into battle, instead of ordering them to get back in the house and put some goddamn clothes on.
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Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.
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I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life.
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Everyone I know shares toothbrushes. Everyone I know sleeps on each other's floor. Everyone I know uses what they've got and shares what they've got.
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I do what I want. I try to be nice to everybody. When I fail, I try to apologize.
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The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.
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When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.
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It would nice to live in a world where art can just be art!
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Meditation, especially for people who dont know very much about it and think its this very hippy dippy thing, can really be powerful, terrifying even, as it lifts the rug up on your subconscious and the dust comes flying out.
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