"Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles."

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Source : "Legendary Trio Holland-Dozier-Holland Talk About Their Motown Hits, and New Projects". Interview with Dale Kawashima, www.songwriteruniverse.com. 2005.

Lamont Dozier

#Style Quotes #Sound Quotes #Research Quotes

“We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!”

Source : Kwame Nkrumah's first independence speech, www.myjoyonline.com. March 6, 1957.
“Kafka didn't save me. He just told me I was drowning.”

Source : Mark Slouka (2013). “Brewster”, p.41, Portobello Books
“I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business.”
“It is a great comfort to a rambling people to know that somewhere there is a permanent home--perhaps it is the most final of the comforts they ever really know.”
“Each time we act to improve the life of another person, we send forth a ripple of hope in what appears to be a hopeless society.”
“Holland seems like a quaint toy.”
“Don't play safe. Cook outside of your comfort zone, otherwise you're just going to do the same things.”
“I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.”

Source : While speaking to Awami League leaders a few hours before his arrest on the night of 25th March, 1971, "Sheikh Mujib: Triumph and Tragedy" by S. A. Karim, 2005.

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