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Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.
Neko Case
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Neko Case
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 8
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City of Alexandria
Virginia
Neko Richelle Case
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Being the boss of your own career, you get used to having veto power and getting what you want, or as close to what you want as you have mapped out.
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The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.
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I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.
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I like to think that I'm not old yet.
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I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.
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I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe.
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I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice and not just singing on ten all of time out of terror.
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If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they talk about their art. They're very self-assured, they're funny, they're inviting. I love it.
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I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.
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You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.
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There's just kind of a sweetness about Canadians. Americans are a little more pushy, I mean, in a way that I enjoy - they're basically pushy because of their enthusiasm - we're a lot clumsier than other people.
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You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.
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I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.
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I think if you're a lady playing a guitar, other ladies need to see you playing the guitar, and they don't need to see men come out and fix your equipment for you. It just looks incredibly pussy. So I just do it all myself.
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I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.
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I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
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Around 2010, I kind of looked up and said, I'm 40 years old. You know, I chose music. I don't have a husband. I don't have any kids. Like, I chose music. So, I had to make a decision. Like, do I want to do something else, or do I want to go from journeyman to master? And I realized, I want to be a really good musician.
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The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous.
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I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
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A live show is one of the last holdouts of a thing that makes you feel a part of a community, where you'll go and maybe meet your future wife or boyfriend, or you're taking your sister to her first show. These are the things that you remember later in your life.
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