I noticed that my opponent is always on the go
And won’t go slow so as not to focus, and I notice
He’ll hitch a ride with any guide
As long as they go fast from whence he came
But he’s no good at being uncomfortable, so
He can’t stop staying exactly the same
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
The reason why some women and queer people feel an affinity with her music is that it displays the destabilizing power of “oversharing,” the strangely radical gesture of presenting your mind and your body and your life as it is— which is always going to provide more of a release to the people who’ve been cautioned against sharing those sorts of things in the past.
Lindsay Zoladz
I’ll soar the uneven wind, complain and blame the sterile land
Fiona Apple