Caroline Polachek Quotes

It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

Find the autonomy in your work. Autonomy is key to feeling good about the work you do, no matter what kind of work it is.

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

I could be anywhere. I just need my space to work.

I prefer to work at my own pace.

Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.

Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn.

I really enjoy the lattitude I have with being a private citizen. I can get a lot done. I am good with that.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

The people are their own liberators.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

... encourage the free play of our people's genius for individual initiative.

There isn't anyone in my life who is going to get upset about how much travelling I have to do or whether or not I'm available for drinks that night.

I learned not to care what other people think.

The studio is a time when you can do anything that you want to. You have that freedom.

I can really write what I want. I can take time; I can do nothing for a year. That is paradise.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.

I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.

My highest value is not that the trains are on time. I want to be free.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.