Ann Powers
Ann Powers
Ann Powersis an American writer and pop music critic. She has written for many music publications, and her work has been widely anthologized...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth4 February 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a little later, when I was in high school.
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He couldn't hold a job and he wouldn't watch the kids while Amanda worked.
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I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.
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At the parking lot of the hospital, I saw all the police cars. I knew it couldn't be my mom.
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He was wailing and snot was just pouring out of his nose.
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Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been able to gain some practical ground. The area of music where we thought the status quo was really being upset - specifically hard rock - has actually remained the most male-dominated.
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A lot of artists feel it's not worth it to sign with a major label, because if you don't have a giganto hit, then you're not going to get a video made. You're not going to probably get much tour support. You're not going to get promotion. You're certainly not going to get a publicist who's going to pay much attention to you.