“I'm still trying to express my truth, my place in the world, my belief.” WorldTryingStillsBeliefPlaces In The WorldMy Truth 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
“What I have found is, so much of that is like a Chinese finger trap: the more you play to the dark, the more you will get trapped in the dark, and if you just play to the light and focus on the people that don't misunderstand you and focus on the audience that does celebrate you and focus on the people who aren't trying to tear you down, all that other stuff eventually erases itself because it has nothing to feed on.” PeopleIfsTryingDoePlayLightFoundStuffDarkAudienceFocusTearsFingersCelebrateChineseTrappedTrapsErase Author:Amanda Palmer
“There are so many people, so many artists, so many magazines, so many theater companies, so many people trying to raise money for so many things that it's easy to look around and just feel powerless or helpless, because even if you have some resources, you can't help everybody.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingLooksHelpingArtistEasyCompanyResourcesTheaterRaisesMagazinesHelplessPowerless Author:Amanda Palmer
“The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.” KnowsTryingFallEnergyCasesMinutesWorstPleaseCriticizeExplainingCliffsScenariosWorst Case Scenario Author:Amanda Palmer
“I do what I want. I try to be nice to everybody. When I fail, I try to apologize.” WantTryingNiceFailingBeing NiceApologizing Author:Amanda Palmer
“The cool thing too, as you get older, you get way better at identifying who's an ally and who isn't. And who has good, positive, "let's make all this sh*t better and let's try to have fun and fix sh*t" people as opposed to "let's sit around and b*tch and berate" people.” PeopleWayTryingFunHaving FunAlliesIdentifyingCool ThingsGood Positive 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'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
