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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.
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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The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.
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When you live in a lot of places, you can't help but have them become part of you. Technically, I am a Southerner, but I did not grow up in the South. So I'm a Southerner by accident, but a Washingtonian.
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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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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 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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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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The relationship of humans to nature. We are sadly divorced from it.
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You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.
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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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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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When you're making records, you develop, and so you hear the things you want to move away from. It stings a little, but you know, you gotta own it too. You've got to just go, You know, I wasn't afraid to learn in front of people, so I give myself a little credit for not being afraid of anything.
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I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe.
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I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
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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 don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.
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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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Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.
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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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All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
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I really wanted to find a piano for the farm house. There were so many free pianos on Craigslist, I thought, 'Let's get as many free pianos as we can and stick them all in the barn.' I got eight in a short period of time, only six of which were tunable, but it's still quite funny.
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