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I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.

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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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Life
Like
Everyone
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I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.
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I am comfortable performing now. I love it!
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When I was young, I used to need other people's albums and I got very involved with their music and it meant a lot to me.
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There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.
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That's exactly what's exciting for me - the idea of infiltrating the male structure and affecting change from within.
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When it's me in my living room, it's pretty pure, and then what gets recorded involves more people, and it keeps escalating from there.
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No. You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can't figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times.
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I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.
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I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art.
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Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.
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I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.
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I can feel it in my bones: I'm gonna spend my whole life alone.
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I prefer to be reclusive and private about my creation and then, once I'm finished, present it to people.
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Madonna is the speedboat, and the rest of us are just the Go-Gos on water skis.
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I just want to hear the true voices of women self-expressing - smart ones, stupid ones, ugly ones, beautiful ones, good ones, bad ones, fat ones, thin ones, all of it - until the profound silence that has resounded throughout history is filled with a healthy chorus coming from our side of the aisle.
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I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
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Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.
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I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.
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You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.
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I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point.
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