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
Thank God my best friend's a therapist. Amanda Palmer friendgodtherapist 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
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
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'd actually say that every musician is a human being, and that not everybody likes being social. But with music, there are all these ingredients to the business that have nothing to do with writing songs or playing an instrument. Amanda Palmer businesshumaningredient share on social
One of the best things about Kickstarter and crowdfunding and the collapse of the music business is a lot of artists like me have been forced to face our own weird mess about ourselves and what we thought it meant to become musicians. Amanda Palmer artistbusinesscollapse 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
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
