I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried. Frankie Cosmos More Quotes by Frankie Cosmos More Quotes From Frankie Cosmos I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding. Frankie Cosmos likeweddingcrylove I meet a lot of people after shows, and I have to say it's pretty intense. Frankie Cosmos meetprettysaypeople I knew that 'Next Thing' was an angry album while I was making it. But I thought that it was angry the way that you get in a fight, not angry as a huge life change. Frankie Cosmos youangrychangelife If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is always changing, and so is the way that I feel about stuff. Frankie Cosmos my-lifefeellifeway It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise. Frankie Cosmos my-lifetimelifefunny Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to feel. I didn't used to want to really perform live a lot. It's been an interesting adjustment. Frankie Cosmos my-lifefeelmelife Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. Frankie Cosmos writesomethingpuresometimes The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear of failure affect my songwriting or making an album or whatever. Frankie Cosmos feelfailurepurposefear I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I was probably, like, 13 years old. I was seeing a lot of teenagers making 'weird' music, and I think that was probably a big part of the reason that I actually started to play myself. Frankie Cosmos myselfmemusicbrother It was a really long process, dropping out of college. I was there for a semester, then I would take a semester off and go on tour, then I would go back for a semester. Frankie Cosmos backgocollegelong I'm always the one sitting at the merch table and talking to everyone at the show - and I think it's because I have this deep fear that if I'm not approachable or I'm not there, people are going to think I'm a brat. Frankie Cosmos deepthinkfearpeople I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships. Frankie Cosmos livethinkcrazylife What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.' Frankie Cosmos feeljobbelievepeople I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel like I saw so many different kinds of music that I wouldn't have discovered on my own. Frankie Cosmos parentsfeelmusicage My brother was 13 when people started telling me that he was a 'hipster.' I was 11 and thought it was so stressful, like, 'How do you not be called that?' Frankie Cosmos meyoubrotherpeople My parents listened to a lot of James Taylor and Hall and Oates. My mom and I used to listen to Liz Phair and Indigo Girls a lot in the car, too. Frankie Cosmos listenparentscarmom You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. Frankie Cosmos newfeelyoupeople I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour. Frankie Cosmos strangersmyselfcarelife I'm not just going to hug every person that asks to hug me. Frankie Cosmos personjustmehug
