Words matter. These are the best Cat Power Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I am human and I make mistakes.
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.
I got told I needed a producer I don’t know how many times – maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told ‘I’m so proud of you.’ That was even more great to hear.
I’ve always dressed like a dude.
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.
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.
We’re always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.
I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.
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.
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.
Nobody considers a covers record an album.
People and their religions don’t affect me.
I’ve never had a clique. It’s impossible when you’re always traveling.
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me.
I need to be able to face things.
