"I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitations where there should be none. I know there are things I wouldn't write about, but that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to make a song out of anything, out of any situation."

-- Richard Thompson

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?”
“I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn't put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you're hiding behind a character.”
“Once again, I had that feeling of drowning when I hadnâ€™t even known I was in the pool”
“I'm so powerful in stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.”
“Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.”
“Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?”
“The Italian landscape has always harmonized the vulgar and the Vitruvian: the contorni around the duomo, the portiere'S laundry across the padrone's portone, Supercortemaggiore against the Romanesque apse. Naked children have never played in our fountains, and I. M. Pei will never be happy on Route 66.”
“If I were a dad, I'd have my kids watch 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Honeymooners.'”

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