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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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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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You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.
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When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it.
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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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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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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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You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
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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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I don't know it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.
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No. You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can't figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times.
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What does it mean when something changes how it's always been?
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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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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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Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.
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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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I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.
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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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You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.
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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 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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Nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst
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