Sep 4, 2026
“Oh, for the sake of momentum, I’ve allowed my fears to get larger than life.” — Aimee Mann | Quote of the Day
Aimee Mann, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who has spent four decades writing sharp, literate songs about underdogs, fear and the refusal to stop, on the confession at the heart of her song “Momentum” from the Magnolia soundtrack — a reminder, days before her sixty-fifth birthday and weeks after the New York opening of the musical Girl, Interrupted built from her songs, that most of our fears are only as large as we allow them to become.