I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person. Cat Power finallyhelphomeless Change image and share on social
I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other. Cat Power friendhardhave Change image and share on social
Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse. Cat Power badlyhardlife Change image and share on social
Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing. Cat Power grooveguitarkind Change image and share on social
After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically. Cat Power angerchallengedisappoint share on social
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me. Cat Power 80sballadbebop share on social
I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid. Cat Power capturejoykid Change image and share on social
People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it. Cat Power insanepeopletend Change image and share on social
There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me. Cat Power expressgoodinvalidate Change image and share on social