Liz Phair

thumb|Liz Phair in 2018 Liz Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. Quotes That explains why I have this impulse to share, to be honest and unveil stuff – because that area was like: ‘No, you have to be perfect.’ On her suburban upbringing and the pressure to be perfect in “'You could not have given us a bigger middle finger': Liz Phair on how Trump changed her music for ever” in The Guardian (2018 May 3) Men were the gatekeepers. They ran all the equipment and the labels … I was tired of being the girlfriend of the guy in the band, I was tired of hearing that my musical tastes suck. On the catalyst for launching her own music career in “'You could not have given us a bigger middle finger': Liz Phair on how Trump changed her music for ever” in The Guardian (2018 May 3) Intimacy—real honest intimacy—is one of the most radical things you can do right now. It’s like an endangered species to connect to your feelings and actually be present… On being open and vulnerable emotionally in music in “A Candid Conversation Between Liz Phair and Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan” in Pitchfork (2018 May 9) …When I’m not working, I safeguard my time to go into a dream state and not have to think about the commercialization of my art or the commodification of myself... On separating herself from her stage persona in “In Conversation: Liz Phair” in Vulture (Sept 2019) …It feels like I understand the male mind better than some people. This whole idea that men just want sex, I don’t think that’s true. I think they’re actually looking for intimacy. To them, sex equates to a moment when they can step out of their tough masculine mind and be in a really Technicolor vulnerability. I think that’s more what they’re craving… On the male psyche in “In Conversation: Liz Phair” in Vulture (Sept 2019) External links Liz Phair Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Women guitarists Category:Feminists from the United States Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from New Haven