Top 90 Juliana Hatfield Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

52. “The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it’s really for kids.”

— Juliana Hatfield

53. “My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I’m writing or recording or when I’m playing on tour. When I’m sitting around at home, I never play.”

— Juliana Hatfield

54. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

55. “I don’t believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.”

— Juliana Hatfield

56. “I’m totally committed to the cause of individuality. That’s the only thing I stand by: independence.”

— Juliana Hatfield

57. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

58. “My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it’s hard to make a story out of it.”

— Juliana Hatfield

59. “If you do things when you’re burned out, it’ll make you bitter.”

— Juliana Hatfield

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

— Juliana Hatfield

61. “Popular culture is filled with girls.”

— Juliana Hatfield

62. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

63. “I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, ’cause I don’t have to really say anything – I’m just singing.”

— Juliana Hatfield

64. “I find myself a fascinating subject.”

— Juliana Hatfield

65. “I think the reason I’ve been able to keep making music is because I’m not married, I don’t have kids.”

— Juliana Hatfield

66. “Songwriting is like going to church. I’m connecting to something, and it’s rewarding in really important ways. I don’t need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.”

— Juliana Hatfield

67. “I’m able to see humor in a lot of things.”

— Juliana Hatfield

68. “I was just dying to get out of my twenties.”

— Juliana Hatfield

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

— Juliana Hatfield

70. “I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.”

— Juliana Hatfield

71. “I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.”

— Juliana Hatfield

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

— Juliana Hatfield

73. “When I start writing, I’ll have a vague concept or I’ll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes.”

— Juliana Hatfield

74. “I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I’m still playing places for kids.”

— Juliana Hatfield

75. “It may seem strange, but the most grateful I’ve ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, ‘Thank you for not shooting me.’ I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.”

— Juliana Hatfield

76. “I like visiting LA, but I wouldn’t want to live there.”

— Juliana Hatfield

77. “My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.”

— Juliana Hatfield

78. “I can’t believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.”

— Juliana Hatfield

79. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

80. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

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

— Juliana Hatfield

82. “What happens when your dream comes true – when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?”

— Juliana Hatfield

83. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

84. “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.”

— Juliana Hatfield

85. “How can I shield myself from the things that I hear?”

— Juliana Hatfield

86. “People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you’re a girl.”

— Juliana Hatfield

87. “Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.”

— Juliana Hatfield

88. “I like people wanting to know about me.”

— Juliana Hatfield

89. “You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.”

— Juliana Hatfield

90. “I’ve seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.”

— Juliana Hatfield

91. “I’m kind of an emotional exhibitionist.”

— Juliana Hatfield

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

— Juliana Hatfield

93. “I don’t make money on the road, and so there’s less and less incentive for me to do it when I don’t have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame.”

— Juliana Hatfield