"Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening represents a heightened state of awareness and connects to all that there is. As a composer I make my music through Deep Listening"

-- Pauline Oliveros

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“No matter who you are, you always want more recognition, but I'm grateful for what I do have, and I feel like I've earned it... So I'm going to continue to put in that hard work, and build relationships with people, and continue to grow as an artist... So hopefully from that, I'll be able to get more recognition.”

Source : "iHipHop Interview - Paul Wall: Back To The Grill Again…". Interview with Serge Fleury, www.ihiphop.com. May 25, 2009.
“Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.”
“I love live performance, but I am excited to try my hand at whatever comes my way.”

Source : "Cloverfield – Interview with Michael Stahl-David". Tribute Interview, www.tribute.ca. January 1, 2008.
“Life is a lease and God is the landlord.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2011). “Kindred Spirits”, p.8, Penguin
“Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."”
“With comedy I can search for the profound.”
“No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.”
“In my theater pieces, I would do "Tits on the Head" - Polaroid photos for $10 on the stage. There would be a line of folks paying me $10 for their turn. It was public prostitution. I turned my whole audience into johns. But because it was in a theater context, an art context, it was socially acceptable.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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