"I was also thinking about isolation on an evolutionary scale as well, like when you think of an island like Madagascar where things are free to evolve unfettered by outside powers. That starts to reach into the underlying narrative, which is more of a literal story that I used as a construct to build songs around."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Colin Stetson

#Song Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Islands Quotes

“Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.”
“If you like something, go for it.”
“You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things,”

Source : "Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winning actor, dies at 96", www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2013.
“Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.”

Source : "Melissa McCarthy: 'I don't know why I am not thinner'", www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2012.
“Some crafts have been practiced for centuries. These crafts were created using skills passed from generation to generation, and were motivated by necessity such as baskets and pottery, or artistic expression, such as more baskets and more pottery. Today, there is a much more leisurely attitude toward crafting, and virtually anyone without a job and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters.”
“Dada talks with you, it is everything, it includes everything, it belongs to all religions, can be neither victory nor defeat, it lives in space and not in time.”
“We were not having any fun, he had recently begun pointing out. I would take exception (didn't we do this, didn't we do that) but I had also known what he meant. He meant doing things not because we were expected to do them or had always done them or should do them but because we wanted to do them. He meant wanting. He meant living.”
“There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.”

Source : Delia Ephron (2013). “Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc.)”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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