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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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Liz Phair
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
New Haven
Connecticut
Elizabeth Clark Phair
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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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I can feel it in my bones: I'm gonna spend my whole life alone.
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I don't know it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.
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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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I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.
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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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I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.
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I would argue that the uncomfortable feelings she elicits are simply the by-product of watching a woman wanting and taking like a man.
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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 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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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 don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.
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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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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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I am comfortable performing now. I love it!
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And, you know, I still haven't been contacted by Mick Jagger, either!
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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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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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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 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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