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I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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Comparing yourself to the people like you, comparing yourself to the people who aren't like you, looking at how many records you've sold, looking at the venue size you're selling out. None of that can even remotely measure how happy you are.
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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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I feel that part of my life's artwork is creatively dealing with all this negativity and anger and rage and hatred coming from whatever corners it's coming from and somehow manifesting all of that anger into something positive, which is such a hard job.
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I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an outsider, period.
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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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When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.
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I feel like I've gotten to the point in my career and in my life where I can allow myself to write whatever comes into my head and not judge it too harshly.
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There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.
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You're not going to be perfect, you're not going to stop berating yourself, you're not going to stop the comparisons, you're not going to stop the judgment, but you can become evermore mindful of it, and that has to be good enough.
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I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.
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I hate being ignored.
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Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point.
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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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Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.
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The key is to just focus on the spots where the love is real, because you can just drive yourself crazy focusing on the negativity, focusing on the relationships that are irreparable and just aren't going to work, trying to convince the haters that you are indeed lovable. So much of that is wasted energy.
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One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.
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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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We are human and our nature is to air...
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I think being a woman in any business that's dominated by men, you have your garden variety pros and cons, where you learn how to focus and harness your various powers and weaknesses for better or for good.
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