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I make the music that I want to make and make the show that I want to make. If you like it, you come. If you don't like it, you don't have to.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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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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I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.
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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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