Quotes from Juliana Hatfield

I'm full of contradictions.

I'm definitely a cult artist.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

I have been a bridesmaid. Fortunately, the outfits were pretty tame. They were cream and black, but I still wouldn't wear them out in public, though.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

My dad claims that he was able to trace us back to the West Virginia Hatfields. When I look at the old pictures, the patriarchs have kind of a physical likeness to some of the men on the father's side of my family. I want it to be true.

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

It costs a lot of money to make an album in a studio in New York with a producer and musicians. I have to pay a publicist every month. I have to pay for mastering, production, the manufacturing of the discs. Then, to promote an album properly, you have to spend a lot of money.

I've been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

My soul is fine, thanks.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I don't think I'm romantic at all. I have a lot of faith in the right thing happening. I don't really hope for a lot of particulars, I just have faith that the right thing will happen most of the time.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life.