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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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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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Reclusive
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Finished
Private
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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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You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
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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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Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.
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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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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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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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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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After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.
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Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.
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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 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 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'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.
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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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Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.
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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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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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Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.
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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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