“I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.” ThinkingArtSoundSimplePerformancesPerformance Art Author:Amanda Palmer
“Meditation, especially for people who dont know very much about it and think its this very hippy dippy thing, can really be powerful, terrifying even, as it lifts the rug up on your subconscious and the dust comes flying out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPowerfulMeditationFlyingDustLiftsSubconscious Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life.” ThinkingKindArtistProcessMeditationHelpful 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
“There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.” ThinkingHas BeensRocksDegreesBuiltBoardsSexismChemistryConstructionVersusFlexibleBeing A Woman Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.” ThinkingNeedsWritingYearsWellsRunningAbleArtistSpacePerspectiveInternetBandFemaleYears AgoCriticismMy TimeTwelvePieVocalTouringPostersSiftingFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The consciousness is, "Oh, I'm walking down the street and I'm doing nothing."” ThinkingImportantConsciousnessPracticeStreetsWalkingEnlightenmentPerfectionBullshitDoing Nothing Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without having a discussion about what has happened to men lately. They're holding the other side of the bag.” ThinkingMenWorldSidesConsciousnessHappenedFeminismDiscussionBags Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.” PeopleThinkingAbleCommunitySeeingIndustryInternetMajorsToolsLabelsSchemesTypicalPyramidsMusic IndustrySuperstarTop DownPyramid Schemes Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an outsider, period.” ThinkingPersonsFeltPeriodsBandMusicianOutsidersMusic BusinessBusiness Person Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think being a woman in any business that's dominated by men, you have your garden variety pros and cons, where you learn how to focus and harness your various powers and weaknesses for better or for good.” ThinkingMenFocusWeaknessGardenVariousVarietyBeing A WomanHarnessPros And Cons Author:Amanda Palmer
“I feel like if I were to play the game completely and just get myself in a giant bottle of nail polish and put myself on display, I would feel like I had somehow cosmically lost. I feel like I'm taking a bunch of the ingredients and using some of them but not all of them and shuffling around and making people think I'm doing my job.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsPlayJobsGamesLostBunchGiantsIngredientsBottlesDisplayNailsPolishShufflingNail Polish Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think I can define my entire life, virtuosity and business philosophy down to the core fundamental that I absolutely hate being told what to do. But like any artist or any human being out there, I desperately want to be loved, and I spend my entire life trying to balance those two facts.” ThinkingWantTryingHumansI CanTwoPhilosophyFactsArtistHateHuman BeingsBalanceFundamentalsCoreVirtuosity Author:Amanda Palmer
“I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometimes in combat boots.” ThinkingSometimesBlessedCardsCombatBootsHeelsCursedCombat Boots Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question, which is how do we make people pay for music? What if we started asking, how do we let people pay for music?” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensInspirationMotivationPayAskingObsessedWhat If Author:Amanda Palmer
“I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about. I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.” ThinkingTryingUseGuyGirlLanguageOur LivesSimplifyBisexual 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
“I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.” PeopleThinkingWayLongIdeasShowsUsedCareersRocksTerribleDetailsBoundariesMy WayTeenagerUncomfortableOpennessFascinated Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.” ThinkingGivingEnvironmentPossibilityAccessGreatest Gifts Author:Amanda Palmer
