"As a teenager and a young adult, I never felt like my own story was interesting enough to tell, so I always wrote lyrics from someone else's perspective - told someone else's story."

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Source : "Beirut". Interview with Marc Hogan, pitchfork.com. August 31, 2011.

#Teenager Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and it isn't optional.”
“I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.”
“A bugler sounded the Last Post. Heartbreak made audible.”
“All nations agree that ISAF and OEF need to work more closely together, and that when NATO takes over operations throughout the country that there must be unity of command.”
“When I murdered my wife I removed the one obstacle which for ten years had apparently held me in check. After she had gone the way was clear for me to fulfill my destiny.”
“Being mayor of New York was a crisis a week and an emergency every other day.”
“I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.”
“I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.”

Source : "Good golly Miss Molly", www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2001.

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