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When I moved to New York in my 20s, I didn\'t have an obnoxious ego, but it was huge! I\'ll thought, \
When I moved to New York in my 20s, I didn't have an obnoxious ego, but it was huge! I'll thought, "I'll never die and I can do anything.
 Britta Phillips

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I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.
 Britta Phillips
Before I moved to Brooklyn to pursue music, I was a high school dropout and speed freak who'd been living with her dealer boyfriend in Bucks County, Pennsylvania at 16.
 Britta Phillips
Most of the time, the creative part is like playing in a sandbox. I can sit here and work for 12 hours and not get tired of it.
 Britta Phillips
I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.
 Britta Phillips