Liz Phair Quotes

I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad.
Liz Phair

Life, Music, Bad

I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.
Liz Phair

Time, Long, Head

I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse.
Liz Phair

Different, Before, Why

I just don't fit into the box.
Liz Phair

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.
Liz Phair

Music, Find, Living

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.
Liz Phair

Difficult, Fact, Stuff

I love stretching myself musically.
Liz Phair

Love, Stretching, Musically

I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.
Liz Phair

Music, Time, Movies

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.
Liz Phair

Design, Mean, Public

I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art.
Liz Phair

Women, Art, Try

I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious.
Liz Phair

Remember, Once, Getting

I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
Liz Phair

Good, Art, Pain

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.
Liz Phair

Feelings, Write, Songs

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.
Liz Phair

I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.
Liz Phair

Housewife, Raised

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.
Liz Phair

Cool, Self, Trying

I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.
Liz Phair

Age, Rock, Live

I'm always champing at the bit to try everything new. It's a terrible quality that I have.
Liz Phair

Everything, Try, Quality

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.
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I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube.
Liz Phair

Music, Someone, Touch

I'm known for being annoyingly gender-focused. It's always been my platform.
Liz Phair

Known, Platform

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.
Liz Phair

Through, Cerebral

I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
Liz Phair

Good, Rock, Working

I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point.
Liz Phair

Music, Age, Lost

It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast.
Liz Phair

Together, Different, Sense

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: April 17, 1967

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