Now if I choose the right producer, I think my fans are going to be very happy because they're never happy. They're like "Oh, she fucked it up again!" They are, they're very cranky. They want like the old stuff.

You can read the entire interview at ScreenCrave.

A.R. Rahman: Alex [Kurtzman] had written the script with songs in mind. We said, "Let's write a song together." We met Liz Phair, and that's how the song came about. She took some of my melodies, and she came up with her lyrics. It was beautiful.

Jackson Truax: What was the process of collaborating with her? You've worked with so many different artists now, what was it about working with Liz Phair that was unique?

A.R. Rahman: She had this voice that was so much like Frankie. You could see she used the character as an inspiration... The words fit perfectly. It was amazing... That was unique.

You can read the entire interview at Living in Cinema.

It was much more that I knew what to do. It was easier because I respond to tense, emotional stuff. That's why I write songs to help me cope with my intense emotions.

You can read the entire interview at Movie Fanatic.

This is so much easier than my normal life. I love this. Rock and roll is, like, way worse. If I were doing any kind of stuff gearing up for a release, it would be like phoners to death, just on and on and on, you'd do 50 million of them.

You can read the entire interview at Metro World News.

I made these cassette tapes [under the name Girly Sound], and a friend of mine, Tae Won Yu, made like a zillion copies of them and sent them to every zine in the world. And I guess I owe him my career, because Matador Records, my first label, heard a review of one of these cassette tapes. And the awful part was people started sending me fan mail with, like, $10 in it to make them a tape, and I just kept the money, and I didn't make the tapes. So, like, some part of me is still trying to do shit for free when I can. I'm still working off the guilt of that! [laughs]

You can read the entire interview at RadioFree.com.

I met Liz Phair, who’s sort of a hero/idol/role model to me. Liz and her team actually did the music for "State of Georgia", the sitcom I co-wrote and co-produced. We met at the Chateau Marmont, and Liz is tiny in person, and beautifully dressed -- I remember boots and scarves and shiny hair -- and of course I went into total country-mouse shut-down mode and could not say a thing, after I blurted out that her music kind of saved my life when I was in my 20s and broken-hearted. I did, however, manage to steal a few chunks of fruit from her fruit plate.

You can read the entire interview at SheKnows.

So I wrote a song about stepping on the threshold of making a really big commitment, but one that is very conscious -- one that you know you are overcoming some of your own bullshit to do this step. What would it feel like to be in that moment? For example, if it were in a romantic situation, say the night before your wedding, you'd been through this whole commitment thing and now you're really going to do it. What's that razor's edge between all your misgivings and actually taking that step? So signing the contract, on the "dotted line", that is what it meant to me.

You can read the entire interview at Soundtrack.Net.

Well, I'm writing a new record, and I'm very excited about the songs that I've been writing. I don't want to get my fans excited, but I feel like I'm writing stuff that's more like the older material. I've come full circle, in a way, and I think part of that was divesting from a major label and that corporate thing. That kind of killed me. I got pissed off and stuck in a rut. Finally, it's floating again. I know what I love about music and I know why I was always in it, so I'm very excited.

You can read the entire interview at Collider.com.

He [A.R. Rahman] is the opposite of me. He is a trained, masterful musician. I've had no training. I don't know what a seventh is. I can't tell you about chord progressions. So it was embarrassing for me to stand next to him. He just assumed I knew things. When I got there he just said, "OK, so would you like to go in the vocal room and please try a couple things?" I just thought this guy is going to start wondering why I'm not a professional musician.

You can read the entire interview at the Los Angeles Times.

I know they brought back Lilith Fair and it didn't do as well or get the press that the first one did. That was such a moment in time. Had they kept it up it could've become like a "Chickapalooza", maybe should've; that would've been nice.

You can read the entire interview at World Entertainment News Network (WENN).

(Regarding film music) When it comes to creating original music for films, I've actually not gotten a lot of jobs in the past. There was a time when I really tried hard to do that stuff -- back in my late 30s, sometime in the early 2000s -- I'd get pitched for stuff and write songs for things and then I wouldn't get it. I was kind of new to L.A. and looking for ways to continue making a living and everyone around you is like soundtrack! Soundtrack! And I ended up writing songs for all kinds of shit that didn't up getting used.

(Regarding the new album) I want to make a kickass record and if I have my way I’ll have Ryan Adams produce it and we'll do some down and dirty shit with great songwriting and it won't be Guyville, but it will be authentic. And I'll tour it. I'll tour the shit out of that shit.

You can read the entire interview at Stereogum.

My fantasy is that this comes out on Matador...

I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally. I had a lot of issues to work out...

I want the production to be kind of Jack White-ish, Ryan Adams-ish, that style of production. I want it to sound [messed]-up, but at a level of mastery that is respectable.

You can read the entire interview at the Los Angeles Times.

Liz Phair talks about writing "Dotted Line" with A.R. Rahman as well as picking five records to recommend to an eleven year old.

On the red carpet of the People Like Us world premiere at the 2012 LA Film Fest were stars Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Duplass, Philip Baker Hall, producer Roberto Orci, singer/songwriter Liz Phair and more.

Liz Phair - And He Slayed Her
Directed by: Joey Boukadakis & Paul Boukadakis
DP: Shane Kelly
2nd Unit: Tod Campbell
Editor: James Staskauskas
Color: Ken Miller
Producer: Chris Blankenship
Production Co: ProductionFor / Airloom Entertainment

Special thanks to Kip McClanahan, Jose Hernandez, Todd Smiley, Soloman Bachman, Selenia Rios, and the whole ProductionFor team.

An alternate link to the "And He Slayed Her" video can be found here.

Liz: "Andy Slater didn't 'dump' me from Capitol, I had to fight tooth and nail to get off. He actually prevented me from leaving and I had to wait till he got fired. My anger about being 'retained' is what song is all about."

Hanging out with Alex Kurtzman & AR Rahman in AR's studio doing an EPK for "People Like Us" soundtrack pic.twitter.com/PzUyJvc1

Alex Kurtzman, Liz Phair and AR Rahman

Don't divorce until you...
...have dealt with the fact that your marriage has concealed a whole host of your personal defects from public view, and everyone prowling around the single kingdom today has X-ray glasses.
- LIZ PHAIR, MUSICIAN AND WRITER OF "DIVORCE SONG"

You can read the rest of the article at Shine from Yahoo!.

Back in November, Liz talked about the song here. Later, she pondered how to make the song available to the public here.

After the song was made available, Liz tweeted about the song here:

"Avalanche" - beautiful song, very personal, was included in a California documentary this winter. Madi Diaz on BVs :)

Madi Diaz also tweeted about the song here:

@thekyleryan (Kyle Ryan) and i had the honor of playing / singing on @PhizLair's new song http://wearsthetrousers.com/2012/04/liz-phair-shares-new-song/ check itttt ooouuut #longtimehero <3

Other contributors to the "Absolute Beginners" article (about grown women having sex for the first time, with a couple of first kisses thrown in) include Lena Dunham, Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast), Sarah Silverman, Miranda July, Shannon Woodward, Krista Burton, and Pamela Des Barres.

@alagio @phizlair @jonsolomusic rocking 'one life' at betty's crib. so much fun.

John Alagia, Liz Phair, and Jon Solo jamming

You can be the first to screen Dreamland, new film chronicling a day in the life of innovative "True Californians", including Liz Phair. The film will premiere on Wednesday, February 22 (from 5:30 - 7:30 PM) at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento. You can meet the pioneers and visionaries whose personal passions inspired the film (which probably means Liz will be in attendance).

If you are interested in attending, you must RSVP here.

M Music & Musician Magazine: What is your (writing) method like now?

Liz Phair: I just wrote my first new song on guitar in almost eight months, because I'm out on the road and the guitar is in my hand again. Then I'll stay up really late at night finishing something. I'm very loose like that. If I'm in the studio for any purpose I immediately get creative and want to write something. But I don't have a schedule. I do not require myself to write six songs per month or something. I'm not that formalized.

Read the rest of the interview at M Music & Musician Magazine.

Liz Phair in London for the premiere of "Dreamland" (Photos via Visit California)

Stars of the film traveled to London to help us celebrate the debut and to bring the film to life in spectacular fashion: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, musician Liz Phair, big wave surfers Sarah and Mike Gerhardt, pioneering women in wine Amelia and Dalia Ceja, and professional climber Kevin Jorgeson. After watching the film, the audience was brought behind the scenes of the documentary and its subjects through an engaging Q&A led by the film's director, Mark Obenhaus. That was followed by a surprise concert by Liz Phair and her band, who rocked the house as camera phones flashed.