I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence. Juliana Hatfield More Quotes by Juliana Hatfield More Quotes From Juliana Hatfield I'm really conflicted about my role as a front-person. I hate the attention. Juliana Hatfield roleshateattention I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse. Juliana Hatfield cursecompulsionobsession I was just dying to get out of my twenties. Juliana Hatfield twentiesdying It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed. Juliana Hatfield glad-to-be-aliveshootinggrateful I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame. Juliana Hatfield incentivesmaking-moneydesire How can I shield myself from the things that I hear? Juliana Hatfield shields I'm not a very good advice-giver. Juliana Hatfield good-advicegiveradvice It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort. Juliana Hatfield feel-goodcomfortingneeds To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people. Juliana Hatfield actionstepspeople I've been sleeping through my life Now I'm waking up And I want to stand in the sunshine I have never been ecstatic Had a flower but it never bloomed In the darkness of my wasted youth It was hiding in the shadows Learning to become invisible Uncover me Juliana Hatfield sunshineflowersleep How do you get up in the morning? Another wasted life it's so boring The system never failed you You failed yourself and all of your friends Now your heart is failing too A total system failure they pronounce you Juliana Hatfield failingheartmorning A lot of so-called Christian souls are not fine. People need to look inside themselves and look at the lives they're leading and fix themselves before they try to fix other people. Juliana Hatfield soulchristianpeople I see a long lost home in his eyes. He sees a nice hotel in mine. Juliana Hatfield nicehomesex I don't need a mirror to see that it's true, cause I'm ugly with a capital U. Juliana Hatfield low-self-esteemmirrorsneeds I never felt happy with the idea that part of what I do is to be an object to be looked at. I thought of my public persona as an entity separate to myself. Juliana Hatfield entitypersonaideas You think you know who you are and then other people have these other ideas. Juliana Hatfield peopleideasthinking Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best. Juliana Hatfield stupideditingwriting When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes. Juliana Hatfield titleswritingsong I don't think I'm romantic at all. I have a lot of faith in the right thing happening. I don't really hope for a lot of particulars, I just have faith that the right thing will happen most of the time. Juliana Hatfield have-faithhappensthinking My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play. Juliana Hatfield homewritingthinking
