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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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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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That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win
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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 can feel it in my bones: I'm gonna spend my whole life alone.
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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 prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.
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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 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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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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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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You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.
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It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.
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All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.
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Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.
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And, you know, I still haven't been contacted by Mick Jagger, either!
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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 prefer to be reclusive and private about my creation and then, once I'm finished, present it to people.
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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 just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.
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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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