You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube.
It's important to have people who will say to you that you're really off the beaten track.
I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad.
So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.
No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in them.
The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants.
You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.
There's nothing wrong at all with women wanting to be women.
I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse.
I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?
I'm known for being annoyingly gender-focused. It's always been my platform.
I'm always champing at the bit to try everything new. It's a terrible quality that I have.