"Just because I'm a recording artist doesn't mean I'm not an artist. Because I had to grow."

-- Lizz Wright

#Mean Quotes #Artist Quotes #Grows Quotes

“Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.”
“Good is always a good thing.”
“I like good strong words that mean somethingâ€¦”
“For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.”

Source : Mark Strand (2000). “The Weather of Words: Poetic Invention”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
“Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route.”
“When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies.”
“Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to the city rhythm whether or not it's our own. In time we even grow hard of hearing to the rest of the world. Like a violinist stuck next to the timpani, we may lose the ability to hear our own instrument.”
“Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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