My number-one goal is to never feel like I'm strictly defining myself. The minute I feel like I'm doing that as anything - as theatrical, as feminist, as songwriter - I feel like the minute I name it, I'm stuck in a box. Amanda Palmer boxdefinefeel share on social
Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen. Amanda Palmer fascinatefelthappen Change image and share on social
If you stuck me in a room and gave me art-making tools but told me no one would ever see the results, I don't think I'd have much desire to make art. What I do comes from a deep desire to be seen and to see others. Amanda Palmer artdeepdesire share on social
I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment. Amanda Palmer accessdepressenslave Change image and share on social
There's a huge cloud of shame around art and business being seen as bedfellows. Amanda Palmer artbedfellowbusiness Change image and share on social
I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated. Amanda Palmer complicatedarkfamily Change image and share on social
I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life. Amanda Palmer artistessentiallygreat Change image and share on social
Thank God my best friend's a therapist. Amanda Palmer friendgodtherapist Change image and share on social
I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out. Amanda Palmer crankdisciplineidea Change image and share on social
If you're willing to take risks, Twitter is a vast amusement park of interesting life possibilities. Amanda Palmer amusementinterestlife Change image and share on social
