Liz Phair
Liz Phair
Elizabeth Clark "Liz" Phairis an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth17 April 1967
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
people
I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse.
commercial desperate fit staying
Being commercial is a prerequisite for staying afloat, ... I mean, it's desperate out there and you have to fit in a little, you have to go somewhere.
again break conform early earn good lucky people rather simply success
Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.
anyone five music people seconds step
Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh.
art digest life
You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.
love trying
It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them.
I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.
bothering course everybody herself kitty seems type
Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.
good proper rock
I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
impact perceive terms
He had a big impact in terms of how I perceive myself and my job,
ended life music people songs stopped
I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad.
tear
My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off.
I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.
My career has been riddled with controversy, which I never fully understand.