“… not only am I performing, but I’m performing songs about self-loathing in front of people, or about sex, or about violence. These things are very dear to me in some ways and, in another way, I feel that this is my job and my role and I need to have a distance and get over myself and my self-hatred to do my job well. And as more people are telling me how they are moved and affected by my music, that becomes clear. I think, “If you get over your crap from adolescence— which is where it comes from— then you get to do this more and better and for more people. You get to be more empowered in this new job.”
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Photo (c) Anna M. Campbell
Full article on Pitchfork here.
