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Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.

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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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I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.
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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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All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.
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Love is nothing, nothing, nothing like they say.
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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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I love stretching myself musically.
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I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.
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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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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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Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.
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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 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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The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants.
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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 just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.
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I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?
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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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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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I am comfortable performing now. I love it!
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After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.
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