Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. Liz Phair More Quotes by Liz Phair More Quotes From Liz Phair Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you. Liz Phair unhappytryingtwo Isn't this the best part of breakin' up? Finding someone else you can't get enough of. Someone who wants to be with you, too. Liz Phair finding-someoneenoughwant It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better by far to get paid. Liz Phair paidnice I just want to hear the true voices of women self-expressing - smart ones, stupid ones, ugly ones, beautiful ones, good ones, bad ones, fat ones, thin ones, all of it - until the profound silence that has resounded throughout history is filled with a healthy chorus coming from our side of the aisle. Liz Phair smartstupidbeautiful I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean? Liz Phair painmeanart I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know. Liz Phair xboxguyknows I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act. Liz Phair get-awaybeing-yourselffeminist I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them. Liz Phair surpriseknowspeople I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible. Liz Phair rumbenignknows I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes. Liz Phair performancestryingart I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. Liz Phair living-my-lifelike-youtrying I just don't fit into the box. Liz Phair boxesfit Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined. Liz Phair who-i-amimportantkids That's exactly what's exciting for me - the idea of infiltrating the male structure and affecting change from within. Liz Phair malesstructureideas I would argue that the uncomfortable feelings she elicits are simply the by-product of watching a woman wanting and taking like a man. Liz Phair uncomfortable-feelingfeelingsmen I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. Liz Phair kindremembermean There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly. Liz Phair stuffsillyway I am comfortable performing now. I love it! Liz Phair performingcomfortable I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. Liz Phair nervousenjoykind You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage. Liz Phair artistneeds
