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I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Rocks
Sleep
Wish
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I would go to heaven, if I believed in heaven.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Heaven
Ifs
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Unfortunately you can't copyright a title... bummer.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Bummer
Copyright
Titles
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I am doomed or fortunate to stick to what I do best.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Doomed
Fortunate
Sticks
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I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Dictum
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Kids
Rock Star
Rocks
Spy
Stars
Rock Star Star Rock
Detective
Rock Star Rock Star
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I'm a bit of a lefty. I like the idea of art and music collectives.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Art
Ideas
Lefties
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I was very inspired by the videos of the crowds at the Palin rallies.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Crowds
Palin
Rallies
Videos
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As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Criticize
Musician
Criticizing
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And we laughed, at the world. They can have their diamonds, And we'll have our pearls
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Laughter
Pearls
World
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In a way, I'm not at all jaded, and still enjoy so much what I do. It's a good trick.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Enjoy
Tricks
Way
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Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Teacher
Parent
Years
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I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Enough
Made
Records
Life Enough My Life
Cent
Life My Life Enough
Sold
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I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Singer Songwriter
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I'm down with the whole patron thing. Bring back the Medicis. Maybe, I'm not just a lefty, but a royalist.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Lefties
Patron
Whole
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I'm an older woman who's not going to have a shiny pop song ever again, so that gives me license to do whatever the hell I want.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
License
Pop Song
Older Woman
Shiny
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I still have this unrealistic faith, that one day, my ship will come in. More people will discover, understand and buy my stuff.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
One Day
People
Stuff
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My rocking out didn't make me particularly popular with the boys or girls. It wasn't cute or feminine. I was more of a...weirdo.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Cute
Girl
Smile
Boys
Feminine
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I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Different
Stories
Thinking
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Can you imagine a 6 year old banging all day on a drum kit. I do have photos of me in my sort of princess girly bedroom with a bad-ass sparkle set.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Bad Ass
Girly
Princess
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I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me, because I am totally appreciative and I like my fans!
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Appreciative
Fans
Mail
I Am Me I Can
Base
Fan Base
Me I Am Fans
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My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced me that the guitar was way better.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Guitar
Might
Parent
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My mom wore the pants in the family, for sure. I always say, that I spent my childhood trying to get the love and attention of my mom, and now I can't get rid of it.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Mom
Childhood
Trying
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When I was on the big labels, I never calculated what would make me sell more records. I just did what I did -no different than when I wrote songs for myself in high-school.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Different
School
Song
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As a bit of loner, prone to melancholy, with a questionable sexuality, I found great solace in the words of-Dylan, Joni, John Prine and Leonard Cohen. The darker the better.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Loner
Melancholy
Sexuality
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I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Class
Guitar
Rocks
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I've never been good at the money thing. I have had a couple of really nice but inept managers, and a business accountant that ripped me off. But I cannot totally blame my money making lameness on them.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Blame
Couple
Nice
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When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Mtv
Song
Thinking
Traditional
People Way Song
Deal
Song People Way
Label
Sold
Unless
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When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy Cahn was asked what comes first, the lyrics or the music, and he said, 'The paycheck.'
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Paycheck
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I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of names in my songs: Karen, Margaret, Mary Kay. Even if it's about me, I want to put it through someone else. The music is the soundtrack to the story.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Bored
Mary
Music Myself Me
Margaret
Soundtrack
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My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for rehearsal. Rather than hang with my peers after school, I wanted to just listen to the band. More than that, I wanted to play.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Brother
Player
School
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I had a brother six years older than me, so I wasn't just listening to teenybopper stuff. My brother had the cooler music, but my parents had the Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones, the Association, the Fifth Dimension; these groups were un-cool, but I secretly loved them.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Association
Brother
Fifth
Groups
Six
Stuff
Music Me Parents
Loved
Cooler
Dimension
Older
Music Me Listening
Parents
Secretly
Tom
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I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me because I am totally appreciative, and I like my fans! They seem to have the same interests as me. They are kind of nerdy and cool - and have good taste, obviously.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Appreciative
Good Taste
Nerdy
Taste
Talk
Totally
Cool Good Me
Base
Fan
Fan Base
Interests
Obviously
Seem
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My original idea- and I still want to do it -for Pinko Records, would be to create a platform for other artists to do the same thing I did. They could create their own levels of donation and final goal. I have no idea how I would make any money on that -but I don't think like that.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Ideas
Thinking
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I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough. When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Mtv
Traditional
Life Enough People
Cent
Life Song My Life
Record
Label
Sold
Unless
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People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music that I heard my entire life that seeps in. That's what you're hearing.
Jill Sobule / Singer-Songwriter
Life Love Success
Catch
Certain Age
Entire Life
Latest
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