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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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Neko Case
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 8
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Neko Richelle Case
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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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All I want to do is sing on other people's records.
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I like to think that I'm not old yet.
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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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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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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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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 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 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 don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.
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Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.
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Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.
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You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.
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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 should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
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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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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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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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I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
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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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