Liz Phair Quotes

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

I'm going to do what I want, get my money and go home.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to be able to freely observe the world. That's the way I like to move through the world; I don't need to be the focus of attention. If I am, it impairs my ability to write and to do what I do.

I don't care about commercial success. I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want.

I've tried to be more self-sufficient as I've gotten older. I'd like to not worry about whether they're going to sell my next album or book. Hell, William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity.

I stopped making music for other people.

Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and I'm able to support myself and my mom and my cat comfortably.

I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'

I'm building my own brand outside of the Peas. It's not Black Eyed Peas, it's Zumbao. Zumbao is different from the Peas because it's all on me and I can't feed off of anybody other than me.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

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.

I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.

I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

The Tom Strong thing was totally for the money. I plan to get looser after I finish this Maggie saga.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.