Juliana Hatfield Quotes

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

I like visiting LA, but I wouldn't want to live there.

The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.

I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to that kind of life, although there are things I still want to do with music.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

I've been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing.

I was just dying to get out of my twenties.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

Popular culture is filled with girls.

Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.

I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.

People are complex. I'm just showing my complexity.

My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.

My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.

The is a lot of anti-sexism coming from my point of view as a woman who deals with it every day. I think sexism is a form of discrimination. It is similar to other forms of discrimination. I think people should feel empowered to not take s**t from anyone.

Physically touring is tough on me, not that I am weakling. I lose weight. I can't always find the things I need to keep my strength up. It is very draining physically. It is taxing for my mind and body, but in a good way. It feels healthy in a way to purge things out of my system every night.

I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.

I'm able to see humor in a lot of things.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

I find myself a fascinating subject.

I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.