Horror Stories: A Memoir
A source page for quotes linked to Liz Phair.
“Childhood is a time of curiosity and peril, and nobody comes out of it unscarred.”
“I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.”
“I don't mind people not liking me as long as there's mutual respect.”
“Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.”
“I am just your ordinary, average every day sane psycho, supergoddess.”
“I can feel it in my bones: I'm gonna spend my whole life alone.”
“And, you know, I still haven't been contacted by Mick Jagger, either!”
“Madonna is the speedboat, and the rest of us are just the Go-Gos on water skis.”
“You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.”
“I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.”
“I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious.”
“I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.”
“After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.”
“All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.”
“I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.”
“I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.”
“I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.”
“I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.”
“I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.”
“I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think.”
“I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.”
“I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.”
“I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.”