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I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.
Liz Phair
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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
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Singer-Songwriter
New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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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 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 mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.
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So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.
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Well, if you've got a one-in-a-million girl don't let her get away cause the next one-in-a-million girl is a million girls away.
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Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.
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I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.
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You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
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Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.
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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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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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It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming.
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I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.
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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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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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I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.
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You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.
Liz Phair
You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.
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When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it.
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I love stretching myself musically.
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