What I did with my first records was, my writing process was that I didn't touch any instruments to write it, so I was making it all on the computer, and really the arrangements were coming first, the intricate thing. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I was like the roadie, I was carrying gear, checking things in at airports, making sure they had flowers backstage and interfacing with promoters… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share
Checking voicemail is like, "When's the other shoe going to drop?" I'm always afraid it's going to be terrible news I don't want to… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share
I don't even wanna say female guitar-players, just guitar-players, because music of all things doesn't need to be gendered and stratified, that's so boring. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share
