Cat Power quotes

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other. (Cat Power)
I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem. View quote
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For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice. View quote
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Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse. View quote
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Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life. View quote
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I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person. View quote
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I am human and I make mistakes. View quote
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I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody. View quote
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I need to be able to face things. View quote
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I've always dressed like a dude. View quote
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Nobody considers a covers record an album. (Cat Power)
I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid. View quote
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I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own. View quote
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I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved. View quote
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I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond. View quote
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Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing. View quote
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From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me. View quote
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Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience. View quote
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If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult. View quote
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You've got to choose a wish or command At the turn of the tide. View quote
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We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever. (Cat Power)
I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling. View quote
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I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear. View quote
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There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me. View quote
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People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it. View quote
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