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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.
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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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 should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
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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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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 think I have a lot of empathy for animals and nature in general. Those things just make me comfortable. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, around a lot of animals. I feel for them.
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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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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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All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
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I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
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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 like to think that I'm not old yet.
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Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.
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Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.
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I always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever.
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You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.
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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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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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I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.
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The relationship of humans to nature. We are sadly divorced from it.
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