Liz Phair Quotes
"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
(Related: Movies, Music, Time, Now)
"It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Internet, Road, Songs)
"I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Now)
"I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know."
- Liz Phair
"I just don't fit into the box."
- Liz Phair
"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
(Related: People, Fact, Independence, Songs, Sound)
"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Design, Public)
"I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?"
- Liz Phair
(Related: Art, Pain)
"I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records."
- Liz Phair
(Related: People)
"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
(Related: Art, Women)
"I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through."
- Liz Phair
"Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Experience, Women, Artists, Order)
"Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Style)
"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
(Related: People, Identity, Production, Style)
"Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Music, Now, Popular)
"That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Music, Play, Quiet)
"The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Music, People, News)
"When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Music, People, Internet, Listening, Pretty)
"I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in."
- Liz Phair
(Related: Mom)