Quotes by Liz Phair

• You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.
• 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.
• 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.
• I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.
• I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.
• I just don't fit into the box.
• 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.
• I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.
• I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
• I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.
• 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.
• I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.
• Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.
• 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.
• Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.