"I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact."

-- Janis Ian

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“In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.”
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.”
“Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.”
“Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.”
“Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to the times when what's needed is a journey to a sacred place, in all its glorious and fearsome masks, to find yourself.”
“Love is not a sentimental attachment to a human being; love is a mode of conduct that comes from the heart.”
“If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.”
“A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.”

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