“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
“If you're going to make work and you're going to write and you're going to put yourself out there and perform, you will be belittled, you will be insulted, you will be called a standard collection of names, you will be accused, and you just have to stand there and continue to work and find a way to not let those things poison you.” IfsWayWritingNamesStandardsPoisonCollectionsAccusedInsultedPutting Yourself Out There Author:Amanda Palmer
“I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.” IfsWayArtJobsArtistStarsRocksFineFemalePopsRock StarFine ArtsPop ArtFull Time JobsFine ArtistsFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“When you really look back and take the wider perspective, it makes total sense that if the status quo is to remain the way it is, women will not be lauded and applauded for bonding with and helping each other, because it would destroy the world order if women organized; it would topple the whole thing. And so, it makes perfect sense to me that the current order of things would encourage the cat fights and encourage the comparisons and encourage the girl-on-girl hate that you see just being promoted everywhere.” IfsWorldWayLooksWholeHelpingHateOrderGirlFightingPerfectPerspectiveCatCurrentsOrganizedComparisonJust BeingStatus QuoWorld OrderBondingHelping Each Other Author:Amanda Palmer
“There's a fundamental disconnection in society in the way we live, this way we live that we take so for granted, and we've become very separate from one another and we don't really take lot of time to realize that. And the math is overwhelming to the point of despair, but the answers could be so simple.” WayRealizingSimpleAnswersDespairFundamentalsMathGrantedOverwhelmingDisconnection Author:Amanda Palmer
“I get really fantastic results when I just get out of my own way.” WayMy OwnResultsFantasticGet Real 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'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
