“Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.” FeelsKindRealHappensThings HappenReal ThingsUnreal Author:Amanda Palmer
“I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.” ArtRealWantedParentShameMetaphorLiteral Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy.” PeopleThinkingRealSelfBodyChoicesOpinionRolesModelsSexyYour BodyMoodRole ModelsPossessedEmpoweredGood Role Models Author:Amanda Palmer
“I never wanted to grow a thicker skin; I felt a real sense of pride in my thin skin, and in a weird way, I still do, because it's my thin skin that allows me to empathize with other people. It's the thing that allows me to create vulnerable art. It's the thing that allows me to create other feelings and make songs that actually grab people and touch people. I feel like I've spent my life fighting that thicker skin because I don't want to become an embittered asshole.” PeopleWayWantFeelsArtStillsRealFeelingsWantedSongFightingGrowsFeltPrideSkinsVulnerable Author:Amanda Palmer
“I had a real come-to-Jesus a couple of years ago when I started to see the direct line between feminism and everything else - feminism and climate change, feminism and poverty, feminism and hunger - and it was almost like I was born again and started walking down the street and was like, "Oh, my God, there are women everywhere! They're just everywhere you look. There's women all over the place!"” YearsLooksRealJesusBornLinesPovertyFeminismStreetsCoupleWalkingYears AgoDirectClimateClimate ChangeHungerBorn Again Author:Amanda Palmer
“The key is to just focus on the spots where the love is real, because you can just drive yourself crazy focusing on the negativity, focusing on the relationships that are irreparable and just aren't going to work, trying to convince the haters that you are indeed lovable. So much of that is wasted energy.” TryingRealEnergyLove IsFocusCrazyKeysSpotsConvinceNegativityGoing To WorkLovableIrreparable Author:Amanda Palmer
“You tour and you work hard and you take care of your fans and very real things lead to other real things. There's never been some fantastic fluke or break in my career, it has all been very slow and steady.” RealCareBreakHard WorkTake CareFantasticSteady Author:Amanda Palmer
“There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting signed to a record label. But it’s all bullshit, and it’s all in your head. You’re an artist when you say you are. And you’re a good artist when you make somebody else experience or feel something deep or unexpected.” ThinkingFeelsRealMightArtistPathRecordsBecomingGainsUniversityLabelsUnexpectedBullshitGood ArtLegitimacyRecord LabelsGood ArtistReal Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
