Natalie Merchant

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#be true #companies #index #large #profit

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#autobiographical #bring #i #i write #into

I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#environments #humorous #i #mass #murder

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#despair #hope #i #like #live

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#celebrity status #deliberately #i #i think #imagine

I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author! ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#author #boyfriend #crush #dead #girl

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#clothing #could #had #i #i wish

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#ditch #hard #i #know #labor

I'm going to be shaking my booty when I'm 55. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#going #i #shaking

I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#exactly #figure #i #i am #out