"The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you see an award for soul music? No. They have R&B, funk, hip-hop and all sorts of contemporary things."

-- Sharon Jones

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“If you ever had your moon salted you'd know how painful that could be.”
“When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean.”
“Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.”
“Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy.”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.37, Vintage
“Youâ€™re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.”
“I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.”
“I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.”
“In Europe you learn not to fail, and in America you fail to learn. You need failure.”

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