“When I find myself having to share a meal with someone who simply wants to complain about the world, I almost feel myself wanting to crawl out of my skin and just sort of scurry away. But being able to pick up on that stuff and being able to easily identify the people walking towards the light instead of walking towards the darkness, that's a skill I'm very, very glad to see growing in myself.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsLightAbleStuffDarknessGrowingShareWalkingSkillsPicksSkinsComplainingGladMeals Author:Amanda Palmer
“I have a handful of really close relationships in my life and I depend on those people heavily to carry me through and to help me stay steady.” PeopleHelpingDependsHelp MeSteadyHandfulClose Relationship Author:Amanda Palmer
“I nurture my close relationships like priceless lamps. That's part of why the job itself is inherently difficult and kind of a paradox, because you're out there touring and traveling and going a million miles a minute, but the things that are keeping you steady and stable can be really hard to nurture when you're going fast, and your relationships, which are the number one thing that help me through.” KindHardHelpingJobsDifficultNumbersMillionsOne ThingMinutesMilesHelp MeParadoxSteadyStableOur RelationshipNurtureLampsTouringPricelessClose Relationship 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
“One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.” JobsStuffBehindsOne ThingIntellectualPerformingPerformersDesksSuperficial Author:Amanda Palmer
“How you sound. How you look. Are you fat? Those are things that could be really irritating.” LooksSoundFatsIrritating 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
“If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.” IfsKnowsDifferentProblemWould BeGuyBe You 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