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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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People
Reclusive
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Finished
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The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue
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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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There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.
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I can feel it in my bones: I'm gonna spend my whole life alone.
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And, you know, I still haven't been contacted by Mick Jagger, either!
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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 know it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.
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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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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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