Natalie Merchant's Quotes
Born: 1963-10-26
Profession: Musician
Nation: American
Biography of Natalie Merchant
Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
Tags: True, Worry, YourselfI can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
Tags: Write, Writing, YourselfI don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
Tags: Dance, Mass, WomenI don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
Tags: Culture, Despair, HopeI was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author!
Tags: Boyfriend, Dead, GirlI wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!
Tags: Clothing, Wish, YouthI would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
Tags: Hard, Rather, WriteI'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
Tags: Figure, Search, TryingI've raised my daughter with no television.
Tags: Daughter, Raised, TelevisionIt's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
Tags: Funny, Remember, ShowIt's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
Tags: Again, Moment, WonderfulPoetry comes alive to me through recitation.
Tags: Alive, Poetry, RecitationThe research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
Tags: Imagine, Musician, StatusI've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
Tags: Control, Mind, Put