#la

I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#came #guitar #her #herself #i

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#duck #howard #i #like #like a duck

Everyone wants to get into soundtracks. Everyone wants to do songs here and there. But, I think they want it for different reasons. I think I'm just tumbling through my life, enjoying playing with everybody. ↗

— Liz Phair

#different reasons #enjoying #everybody #everyone #get

Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh. ↗

— Liz Phair

#back #doing #everything #five #hurt

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know. ↗

— Liz Phair

#guys #i #just #know #least

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

#collaborating #difficult #fact #i #independence

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

#hard #how #i #i do #kind

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly. ↗

— Liz Phair

#frankly #grandiose #how #i #identity

My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off. ↗

— Liz Phair

#guitar #i #just #long #nails

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different. ↗

— Liz Phair

#crowd #different #like #more #music