Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It’s definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that music has value, it’s subjective and we’re moving to a new era where the audience is taking more responsibility for supporting artists at whatever level. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
I’ve been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good. Amanda Palmer Read Quote
