Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mannis an American rock singer, singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist. She was the bassist and a vocalist for the band 'Til Tuesday during the 1980s and since then she has primarily released albums and performed as a solo musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 September 1960
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
boxing trainers gym
I'm really into boxing. I go to a gym and I'm friends with a trainer who's a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.
motivation thinking greed
I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you're going to hear it in the music.
music guy sitting
There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.
girl interesting why-not
I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf. Because I grew up in the 60s girls were not allowed to do anything. As I've gotten older and realized that women can do things like that I thought, 'Why not? Now's the time.'
past doubt sake
But I can't confront the doubts I have. I can't admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I'm condemning the future to death so it can match the past.
trying important doe
Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.
people matter
It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.
people request seem song
There's a song called 'Frankenstein' (from 1995's 'I'm With Stupid') that people seem to request a lot so we thought we'd give that a whirl.
level pay playing radio
You pay to get radio play, pretty much, ... and you get what you pay for. It's not really a level playing field.
Something isn't right ? I don't know how I know,
early experience factor fair memory music period played redneck reflect riding songs sound state taking time vivid weakness
I pictured it taking place in the early '70s during my own experience at the state fair at the time. You know, that kind of white-trashy redneck factor which I have a real weakness for. So I wanted the sound of the music to also reflect that time period because I have this really vivid memory of the songs they played at the fair when you're riding the Himalaya.
record
I really wanted the record to have a ... feel of an era,
care honesty hope measure music outlook share songwriter
I'm not into music as a consumer. A songwriter should share their outlook with a measure of honesty, the hope being that they care about what they're writing about.