47 Quotes by Cat Power

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

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.

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've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

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.

I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

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

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