Juliana Hatfield Quotes
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.
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I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.
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I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.
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I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.
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I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.
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Everything's been a struggle for me.
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The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.
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I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.
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I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.
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A heart that hurts is a heart that works.
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I like people wanting to know about me.
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It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.
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I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to that kind of life, although there are things I still want to do with music.
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My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.
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I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.
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Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.
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Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.
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I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.
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My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.
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I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.
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I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.
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Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.
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I don't think I'm romantic at all. I have a lot of faith in the right thing happening. I don't really hope for a lot of particulars, I just have faith that the right thing will happen most of the time.
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I like visiting LA, but I wouldn't want to live there.
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I am not dead inside. I still care about right and wrong.
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Popular culture is filled with girls.
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As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.
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I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.
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When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.
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I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.
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