"Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music...I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing."

-- Carly Simon

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #My Boyfriend Quotes

“I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.”
“Ah, why can't I know if I love, or if I hate?”
“Life is lived on the inside. What's outside doesn't matter.”

Source : Sonya Hartnett (2006). “Surrender”, Candlewick Press (MA)
“I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.”
“Having small touches of colour makes it more colourful than having the whole thing in colour.”

Source : "Dieter Rams at home, 2004". Interview with Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. September 29, 2010.
“Believe in miracles. I have seen so many of them come when every other indication would say that hope was lost. Hope is never lost. If those miracles do not come soon or fully or seemingly at all, remember the Savior's own anguished example: if the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead.”
“Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard to get. And I think you'll be just as sick as I am if you find it is nothing but a hungry hussy , throwing herself at every stinking smokestack that's offered.”
“Raise your hands in the air, pump your fists, and solemnly swear to rock the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

Source : Song: Get The Picture

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