If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die? Juliana Hatfield More Quotes by Juliana Hatfield More Quotes From Juliana Hatfield Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people. Juliana Hatfield dog islands beach I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me. Juliana Hatfield trying people thinking I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored. Juliana Hatfield bored sick artist When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness. Juliana Hatfield writing song thinking I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval. Juliana Hatfield records expectations needs For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life. Juliana Hatfield enough long needs Popular culture is filled with girls. Juliana Hatfield filled girl culture Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore. Juliana Hatfield impact struggle people I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness. Juliana Hatfield uniqueness voice Writing helps me process things that are happening to me. Juliana Hatfield help-me writing helping I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing. Juliana Hatfield singing powerful people My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it. Juliana Hatfield growth artist stories I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician. Juliana Hatfield musician sound want I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids. Juliana Hatfield faith-and-love and-love kids I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids. Juliana Hatfield able kids thinking Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death. Juliana Hatfield interviews sometimes dirty I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players. Juliana Hatfield horse crazy player All I'm trying to do is to keep going and keep evolving. Juliana Hatfield keep going keep-going trying Puerto Ricans who find they can no longer afford to keep their pets often choose to drop their dogs, sometimes even whole litters of puppies, at a beach - sometimes under cover of night, in secret - rather than surrender the animal to a city or state-run shelter where the animals will face grim conditions and almost certain death by euthanasia. Juliana Hatfield face city night death I don't feel bad or scared about getting older in terms of my looks or anything like that. I'm not afraid of my face changing. I enjoy seeing my face change. I think it's really interesting. I wouldn't want to have same face for my whole life. It would be boring to look at the same face in the mirror for 80 years. Juliana Hatfield mirror face change life
