I'm too small for the universe to revolve around me. It is a huge relief! Neko Case More Quotes by Neko Case More Quotes From Neko Case I like to think that I'm not old yet. Neko Case thinking I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage. Neko Case nervousstagefeels Being in two full-time rock bands is pretty impossible. I love to tour but I have a dog and I want to see him. And, being a songwriter, you have to have experiences and do things. You can't just go on tour all the time, otherwise you get nothing to write about. It's finally at a point where the balance is perfectly right. Neko Case balancedogwriting When you're making records, you develop, and so you hear the things you want to move away from. It stings a little, but you know, you gotta own it too. You've got to just go, "You know, I wasn't afraid to learn in front of people, so I give myself a little credit for not being afraid of anything." Neko Case givingpeoplemoving Sounds like to have space sometimes. It's good to give yourself a variety, or you just fatigue your ear. Like if somebody sings in the same register all the time, or if it's got the same feel the whole way through, I just find I get fatigued, so it's nice to break it up. Neko Case nicespacegiving I think I have a lot of empathy for animals and nature in general. Those things just make me comfortable. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, around a lot of animals. I feel for them. Neko Case empathyanimalthinking I want the recording process to be a time in my life that I will remember. Neko Case remember I'm not very interesting. Birds are interesting. I could stand there lip-synching all day long, but it would feel funny, and people would be able to tell. I'm not a good actress. Neko Case longpeopleinteresting I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently. Neko Case importantwritingthinking I always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever. Neko Case musicianjobspeople I get outside a lot. I am a huge champion of physical activity. It's so important. Neko Case physical-activitychampionimportant I once asked a studio guy in Toronto, "How many people don't use auto tune?" and he said, "You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here." Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her. It's cool that she has some integrity. Neko Case guyintegritypeople There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that. Neko Case touchingsongart The relationship of humans to nature. We are sadly divorced from it. Neko Case divorcedhumans Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either. Neko Case writingsongkids When you live in a lot of places, you can't help but have them become part of you. Technically, I am a Southerner, but I did not grow up in the South. So I'm a Southerner by accident, but a Washingtonian. Neko Case growing-upgrowshelping There's not like a science to it, necessarily, but I'm also the kind of person who spends a long time in the studio. I will spend my entire advance just getting it done, which is probably stupid, but I don't have extravagant taste. I mean, I paid for it, so there you go. Why not? The recording process is also very fun. Neko Case stupidfunmean I was raised to be modest to the point of fanaticism. In my family, we don't talk about ourselves to each other. Vanity is considered the worst possible sin. I've gotten better about having to describe things. If you're going to make a record and people are going to write about you, it's your responsibility to answer questions. It's validating - I'm just very clumsy. Neko Case responsibilitywritingpeople Dream dictionaries are so disappointing. They're so limited, and I think they're just total bullshit. I really do. I don't know much about the Freudian theory of dreams; it's probably more interesting than your average hippie dream dictionary, but it's got to be a lot deeper than that. It can't all be about sex all the time, so I don't know if Freud is right either. Neko Case hippiedreamthinking Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance. Neko Case balancefeelingsgiving
