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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/what-i-did-with-my-first-records-was-my-writing-process-was-that-i/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

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## More by Annie E. Clark

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/putting-your-ego-aside-and-confronting-your-weaknesses-and-just/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I got offstage and was just looking at my hands, and they were shaking. I was like, 'I wanna kill someone! What's happening?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-got-offstage-and-was-just-looking-at-my-hands-and-they-were-shaking/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I'm a bit of a vagabond - a person who loses time and space because you don't know where you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-m-a-bit-of-a-vagabond-a-person-who-loses-time-and-space-because-you/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/the-most-important-thing-is-setting-up-these-directives-for-yourself/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-have-the-weirdest-job-it-s-not-every-day-that-you-get-to-stand-up/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I wanted to give the songs a run for their money, to see if they stood on their own without a lot of accoutrements.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-wanted-to-give-the-songs-a-run-for-their-money-to-see-if-they-stood/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [It's pretty amazing, someone having that kind of charisma - and it still happens in micro and macro forms - to convince a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/it-s-pretty-amazing-someone-having-that-kind-of-charisma-and-it-still/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I had brief glimpses of emotional catharsis while writing. I remember reading something Philip Roth wrote about how he writes every single day, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-had-brief-glimpses-of-emotional-catharsis-while-writing-i-remember/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/an-mp3-is-a-compressed-form-of-data-it-s-not-the-full-spectrum-it-s/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-think-every-time-i-play-every-show-is-different-and-i-think-that-at/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [There's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/there-s-always-something-extremely-personal-in-the-songs-but-i-may/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-m-first-and-foremost-a-guitar-player-i-ve-been-playing-since-i-was/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [I was like the roadie, I was carrying gear, checking things in at airports, making sure they had flowers backstage and interfacing with promoters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-was-like-the-roadie-i-was-carrying-gear-checking-things-in-at/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/checking-voicemail-is-like-when-s-the-other-shoe-going-to-drop-i-m/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-e-clark/i-don-t-even-wanna-say-female-guitar-players-just-guitar-players/)

[Annie E. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-e-clark/)

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