95 Quotes by Linda Perry

It was annoying to me the first time I ever heard it. Mind you, I had to go perform that all the time, and it was miserable for me because I didn't know how to use my voice properly. All I knew was how to be on 100.

It went against everything we've come to expect from this decade: cynicism, reduced expectations, fashion. Most importantly, it sounded nothing like 1995.

I'm scared of the interviews, ... I'm scared of having to get up onstage again. I'm scared of the critique. I'm scared right now of doing this again. But that's why I have to do it, I think.

If you want to have an anti-war rally, count me in. But not on Veterans' Day. It's neither the time nor the place.

Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.

I'm scared of the interviews...I'm scared of having to get up onstage again. I'm scared of the critique. I'm scared right now of doing this again. But that's why I have to do it, I think.

Since I write the lyrics, I don't want to be pigeonholed into a person who's out there preaching these songs. If you read the lyrics, there isn't a story being set up for you. You have to use your imagination to get the best out of the songs - if you choose to do that.

Courtney Love’s name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.

Since I write the lyrics, I don’t want to be pigeonholed into a person who’s out there preaching these songs. If you read the lyrics, there isn’t a story being set up for you. You have to use your imagination to get the best out of the songs – if you choose to do that.