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  • Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

    Guitar   Relax   Locks  
    "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
  • After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

    "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
  • For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.

    Kids   Thinking   Voice  
    "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
  • Nobody considers a covers record an album.

    Albums   Records  
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  • If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.

    Fire   Play   Two  
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  • I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

    Done   Records  
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  • Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.

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  • I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

    Thinking   People   World  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear.

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  • We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

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  • Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

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  • I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

    Long   Pay   Becoming  
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  • We can all be free Maybe not with words Maybe not with a look But with your mind

    Mind   Looks  
    Song: Maybe Not, Album: You Are Free, 2003
  • People and their religions don't affect me.

    People  
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  • Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

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  • I am human and I make mistakes.

  • I've always dressed like a dude.

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  • People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

    Tired   Thinking   People  
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  • I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.

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  • I need to be able to face things.

    Needs   Able   Faces  
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  • I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.

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  • I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.

    War   Mistake   Moving  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Oh I do believe In all the things you see What comes is better Than what came before

    Believe  
    Song: I Found A Reason, Album: The Covers Record, 2000
  • I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

    Brain   Problem   Guts  
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  • I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.

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  • I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid.

    Kids   Joy   Littles  
    "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
  • From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me.

    Country   Hip Hop   Hips  
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  • Never give up, no, never give up If you're looking for something easy You might as well give it up.

    Giving Up   Might   Easy  
    Song: Say, Album: Moon Pix, 1998
  • I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.

    Men   Los Angeles   Moved  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Cat Power

  • Born: January 21, 1972
  • Occupation: Singer-songwriter