Quotes By Juliana Hatfield

My knees are ticklish.

I find myself a fascinating subject.

You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody.

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.

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

I never felt happy with the idea that part of what I do is to be an object to be looked at. I thought of my public persona as an entity separate to myself.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

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

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

People need meanings to everything. People want you to intellectualize every choice you make.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

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.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.

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

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

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

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'm full of contradictions.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.

I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.