Sobre a arte de estar vivo...

Lá foi uma quase menina ainda bem magrelinha subir no pódio da MTV quando isso significava muito no mundo dos vendedores de discos e falou assim, completamente de improviso:

“Oh, man… I didn't prepare a speech and I'm sorry, but I'm glad that I didn't, because I’m not going to do this like everybody else. You see, Maya Angelou said that we, we as human beings at our best can only create opportunities and I'm going to use this opportunity the way that I want to use it.... So, what I want to say is: everybody out there that’s watching, everybody that’s watching this world – this world is bullshit. And you shouldn’t model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything. Go with yourself… Go with yourself… And it's just stupid that I'm in this world, but you're all very cool to me....”

Nada de profissionalismo. Nada de um discurso e uma dancinha e uma piadinha bem ensaiados, eficientes do ponto de vista da marca e do mercado.Sob esse ponto de vista, o tal discurso foi uma desgraça. Mas ali eu vi que Fiona Apple não era mais um robô.

Anos mais tarde ela gravou essa canção:

A Mistake

I'm gonna make a mistake.
I'm gonna do it on purpose.
I'm gonna waste my time.

'Cause I'm full as a tick
and I'm scratching at the surface
and what I find is mine.

 
And when the day is done, and I look back
And the fact is I had fun, fumbling around
all the advice I shunned and I ran

Where they told me not to run, but I sure had fun so

I'm gonna fuck it up again.
I'm gonna do another detour.
Unpave my path.

And if you wanna make sense
Whatcha looking at me for:
I'm no good at math.

 
And when I find my way back,
The fact is I just may stay, or I may not
I've acquired quite a taste
For a well-made mistake
I wanna mistake why can't I make a mistake?

I'm always doing what I think I should.
Almost always doing everybody good.
Why?

 
Do I wanna do right, of course but
Do I really wanna feel I'm forced to
answer you, hell no.
I've acquired quite a taste
For a well-made mistake, I wanna
make a mistake, why can't I make a mistake?

 
I'm always doing what I think I should
Almost always doing everybody good
Why?