Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.
Cat PowerPlaying the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.
Cat PowerI don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.
Cat PowerI've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.
Cat PowerAfter my second-to-last record called "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, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.
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