Cat Power Quotes

I’ve never had a clique. It’s impossible when you’re always traveling.

I need to be able to face things.

If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you’d be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.

I am human and I make mistakes.

We’re always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

For me, the moment the mic is on and it’s rolling, it’s impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I’m going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That’s, I think, the one thing that’s changed: Growing older, I’m not ashamed to hear my voice.

I moved to Los Angeles to be with a man I loved.

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. […] 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.

Everybody tends to think I’m crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.

I’m not a professional entertainer. I’m not Neil Diamond.

We can all be free Maybe not with words Maybe not with a look But with your mind