"The main thing that I've learned, artistically, is that if I'm in pain and feeling the budding of anger - if I absolutely feel like I need to write a song about it, I'll either need to transform that anger into something positive, or I'll just need to throw the song away. Because eventually, I'm going to want to transcend that pain and that anger."

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Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Alex Ebert

#Song Quotes #Pain Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.”

Source : John Grisham (2011). “Three Classic Thrillers 3-Book Bundle: The Firm, The Appeal, The Chamber”, p.299, Dell
“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”

Source : Creative Think talk, www.folklore.org. July 20, 1982.
“The ideal you seek and hope to attain will not manifest itself, will not be realized by you, until you have imagined that you are already that ideal.”
“When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.”
“When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to believe that we're the only one who has problems. And we always look around and see others who are more talented, taller, smarter, handsomer, or faster. I can assure you, everyone has problems-even football coaches. The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life.”
“I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfillment of personal fantasies. It isn't just art, its about being a person I've always wanted to be, or being in a situation, or being a hero.”
“I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.”

Source : "My life as the man in black" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2006.
“Baeyer-a chemist who was more of an encyclopedist than a researcher.”

Source : Richard Willstätter (1965). “From My Life”

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