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Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

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Neko Case
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 8
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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City of Alexandria
Virginia
Neko Richelle Case
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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'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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All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
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The relationship of humans to nature. We are sadly divorced from it.
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I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe.
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We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of looking cool. It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.
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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 don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.
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When you get an idea, it's not going to be a great idea until you push it. You’ve got to push it until it’s uncomfortable. And then you’ve got to ask yourself, ‘Does my project say to my audience what I want it to say?’ ”
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Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 like to think that I'm not old yet.
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We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.
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I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.
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I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm, kind of like a Faustian thing, I think...
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