Quote #200717
Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7 000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?
Lisa Loeb
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Interpretation
Loeb humorously reframes “training” away from competitive athletics and toward the physical demands of a working musician’s life: hauling a heavy instrument, traveling with luggage, and maintaining an exaggeratedly large wardrobe. The joke (“7,000 pairs of shoes”) signals self-aware celebrity/performer excess while also pointing to a real, unglamorous side of touring—constant carrying, setup, and transit. The closing jab, “Who cares about sports?”, isn’t a serious dismissal so much as a comic assertion of different priorities: endurance and strength can be cultivated for art-making and work, not only for games. The quote plays on cultural assumptions about fitness, gendered expectations, and what counts as a legitimate reason to be strong.




