"Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act."

-- Nick Cave

#Songwriting Quotes

“The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.”
“I feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. Um, and, I don't want to obviously desecrate or disrespect memory of anyone that's fallen, and obviously there are individual circumstances in which there is genuine, tremendous heroism, you know, hail of gunfire, rescuing fellow soldiers and things like that. But it seems to me that we marshal this word in a way that is problematic. But maybe I'm wrong about that.”

Source : "MSNBC host apologizes after saying he's 'uncomfortable' calling fallen soldiers heroes", www.foxnews.com. May 28, 2012.
“Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.”
“That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be.”
“It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.”
“Skilled leaders focus on "we," not "me."”
“This skin is a nuisance. This skin that separates you and me...it is a nuisance.”
“I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.”

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