"If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction."

-- Alex Chilton

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Expression Quotes

“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.”
“Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.”
“There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.”
“Sometimes, in order for things to get better, they have to end â€“ even if it's momentarily.”
“Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.”
“Every moment in life is an act of faith”
“Abstract art as it is conceived at present is a game bequeathed to painting and sculpture by art history. One who accepts its premises must consent to limit his imagination to a depressing casuistry regarding the formal requirements of modernism.”

Source : Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.71, University of Chicago Press
“The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.”

Source : Andrew DELBANCO (2009). “The Real American Dream”, p.114, Harvard University Press

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