The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
When I was younger, I was skateboarding a lot. I was listening to music and skateboarding. There were two songs, that are widely different: DJ Shadow’s “Building Steam With a Grain of Salt,” and Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right.” And I remember skateboarding to them and they made me just stop. And the world felt so cool. I would look a... See more
On redefining what it means to be successful
The recorded songs, the tangible CDs, were only the tip of the iceberg: the perfect, frozen, beautiful soundtrack for something far bigger, and far deeper.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
After spending half my life all but alone with a pile of weird little songs, I’d found a comrade, an outlet.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
ship batches of records to our fans with handwritten thank-you postcards. The fans used my home address to order everything. They paid by personal check and we sent the CDs before the checks cleared (or didn