I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
With the first kid, you micromanage it, making sure there's no hair out of place when it goes off to school. But… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
What I did with my first records was, my writing process was that I didn't touch any instruments to write it, so… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I got offstage and was just looking at my hands, and they were shaking. I was like, 'I wanna kill someone! What's happening?' — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a vagabond - a person who loses time and space because you don't know where you are. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
The most important thing is setting up these directives for yourself. Like, "I'm only going to use these three colors - go!" That's why… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I have the weirdest job. It's not every day that you get to stand up onstage and unload every ounce of your misanthropic bile… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I wanted to give the songs a run for their money, to see if they stood on their own without a lot of accoutrements.… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
It's pretty amazing, someone having that kind of charisma - and it still happens in micro and macro forms - to convince a whole… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I had brief glimpses of emotional catharsis while writing. I remember reading something Philip Roth wrote about how he writes every single day, but… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
An mp3 is a compressed form of data. It's not the full spectrum. It's never going to sound as good as a record. I… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I think every time I play, every show is different, and I think that at a certain point a song isn't about you anymore.… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
There's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
![“I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to say one. Certain things, like the first time you hear A Love Supreme, you're floored. It takes whatever you were listening to and blows a hole in it.” quote by Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/325/annie-e-clark-16851_blow_i-was-a-lusty-kid-who-loved-tennessee-wi_1730210.jpg)
