"Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love' in 1977."

-- Rob Sheffield

#Summer Quotes #Artist Quotes #Today Quotes

“You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.”
“Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some say that over time homesickness loses its specific content, that it starts to smolder and only then becomes all-consuming, because itâ€™s no longer focused on a concrete home. I am one of the people who say that.”
“Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.”
“I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock.”
“I look at people like musical instruments. I set people to music.”
“I search my brain for the truth. â€œI want it more than anything, just as long as you promise me one thing.â€ â€œAnd whatâ€™s that?â€ â€œThat if at any time it gets to be too much for you, youâ€™ll leave meâ€”walk away and get out.â€ â€œThat will never happen,â€ he guarantees me. â€œYou need to give me some credit. You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.”

Source : Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Forever of Ella and Micha”, p.138, Hachette UK
“When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office.”
“People of faith find themselves marginalized and ridiculed. In a nation where our coins carry the motto, 'In God We Trust...'”

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