Amanda Palmer

I firmly believe in music being as free as possible. Unlocked. Shared and spread. In order for artists to survive and create,…

— Amanda Palmer

I think being a woman in any business that's dominated by men, you have your garden variety pros and cons, where you…

— Amanda Palmer

There was a dance that everyone was doing that was heavily skewed with the power in one direction, but the dance was…

— Amanda Palmer

The cool thing too, as you get older, you get way better at identifying who's an ally and who isn't. And who…

— Amanda Palmer

In some way, my fundamental feeling about music is that it's impossible to put a price tag on it. Human beings made…

— Amanda Palmer

I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question, which is, ‘How do we make people pay for music?’ What if…

— Amanda Palmer

The key is to just focus on the spots where the love is real, because you can just drive yourself crazy focusing…

— Amanda Palmer

There's a part of me that is really, really happy with all of my success lately because of what it can get…

— Amanda Palmer

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are…

— Amanda Palmer

When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your…

— Amanda Palmer

You tour and you work hard and you take care of your fans and very real things lead to other real things.…

— Amanda Palmer

I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing…

— Amanda Palmer

I kind of rely on my artist friends to make my physical music worth buying by having them all come together and…

— Amanda Palmer

I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple…

— Amanda Palmer

While we're over here blocked up in our departments and locked up in our own judgments and dealing with our own crazy…

— Amanda Palmer

I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about … I've slept with girls;…

— Amanda Palmer

“A veces la gente no está a la altura de la confianza que depositamos en ellos. Cuando eso ocurre, la reacción correcta…

— Amanda Palmer

If you stuck me in a room and gave me art-making tools but told me no one would ever see the results,…

— Amanda Palmer

I feel like if I were to play the game completely and just get myself in a giant bottle of nail polish…

— Amanda Palmer

Men find powerful women so threatening, and finding a partner was starting to look laughable, because I would be really attracted to…

— Amanda Palmer

People had this idea about becoming rock stars packing stadiums instead of having the goal of becoming what musicians used to be…

— Amanda Palmer

I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able…

— Amanda Palmer

There's a fundamental disconnection in society in the way we live, this way we live that we take so for granted, and…

— Amanda Palmer

I have used Twitter for so many things, from places to stay, places to go, things to do, things I need, medical…

— Amanda Palmer

I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without…

— Amanda Palmer

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm…

— Amanda Palmer

Meditation, especially for people who don't know very much about it and think it's this very hippy dippy thing, can really be…

— Amanda Palmer

I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to…

— Amanda Palmer

I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which…

— Amanda Palmer

“You are not to blame, The world's a viscous place, So go on and think how you want, You will not be…

— Amanda Palmer

One of the best things about Kickstarter and crowdfunding and the collapse of the music business is a lot of artists like…

— Amanda Palmer

You're not going to be perfect, you're not going to stop berating yourself, you're not going to stop the comparisons, you're not…

— Amanda Palmer

Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in…

— Amanda Palmer

Meditation, especially for people who dont know very much about it and think its this very hippy dippy thing, can really be…

— Amanda Palmer

All of my music, my stage show, my personality, my blog, my twitter feed, anything that's made me me, and a huge…

— Amanda Palmer

“Los que piden sin miedo aprender a decir dos cosas, con o sin palabras, a los que tiene delante: "Tengo derecho a…

— Amanda Palmer

In other words, let's give our young women the right weapons to fight with as they charge naked into battle, instead of…

— Amanda Palmer

One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and…

— Amanda Palmer

I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of…

— Amanda Palmer