Explore Quotes by Cat Power

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.

Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.

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

I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] 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.

We can all be free_x000D_ Maybe not with words_x000D_ Maybe not with a look_x000D_ But with your mind

Nobody considers a covers record an album.

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