"I feel like kids that grew up in New York City or in L.A. were exposed to all these subcultures and subgenres, whereas I was only exposed to the poppiest of pop music so I never had this negative connotation towards pop music. That's not South African music having an effect on me, but just how international music was filtered through South Africa affected me. It gave me a not-negative connotation towards pop music growing up."

-- St. Lucia

#New York Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Kids Quotes

“Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.' Rather, he will try to discover the correct idea behind the inadequate expression. This is one of the most important principles in the whole of the art of teaching.”

Source : W. W. Sawyer (2012). “Vision in Elementary Mathematics”, Courier Corporation
“Paranoia imposes its own vision on the external world; it differs from other kinds of visionary experience in that the paranoid wants others to share his viewâ€”even insists on it. Paranoia is very like poetic creativity. This accounts for my fascination with certain people in whom this state of mind was evident: â€˜charactersâ€™ met by chance, whose words and gestures would haunt me for years until, finally, in a poem I was able to dispel them.”
“To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.”
“I'll always thank the Lord when my working day is through, I get my sweet reward to be alone with you.”
“Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.”

Source : Giuseppe Mazzini, Emilie Ashurst Venturi (2004). “Giuseppe Mazzini's Philosophy of Music: (1836) : Envisioning a Social Opera”, Edwin Mellen Pr
“We are not the worst moments of our lives. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.”
“At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.”
“All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.”

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