"Everybody knows we're big liberals and I was a very outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter, and I still am. It's impossible for us to separate the songs we're writing from what's going on in the world."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Aaron Dessner

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #World Quotes

“Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.”
“I was born with eyes that can never close...”

Source : "Crazy Brave: A Memoir". Book by Joy Harjo, www.npr.org. July 9, 2012.
“Never think about something wrong you did in the past, always look forward with your head up high; have no regrets.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jared Leto from Jan 05, 2015
“Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?”
“I guess the revival of vinyl records is not helping the environmental problem. Although, in some ways, people don't throw records away - I mean, I still have records from when I was 5. So it doesn't seem quite so wasteful. But maybe I'm just lying to myself.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best?”
“Obama wants to stand for a peaceful, generous, encompassing approach that would bring all Americans, but not just Americans, the whole of international society, together to advance civilization towards what we all understand is necessary to advance. Because of that he's being subjected to very serious rejections from the reactionary portion of the system, which, unfortunately, is the dominant portion.”
“I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.”

Source : Carl Barks, Donald D. Ault (2003). “Carl Barks: Conversations”, p.104, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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