"I always have to remember that I am the narrator, but it doesn't have to be about me. A lot of songwriting is about trying to use what part of me is valid in telling the story. I don't want to overcook it, you know? Sometimes it seems that's really where the work is."

-- Ryan Adams

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“When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?”
“The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.”
“The future you see is the future you get.”
“Many Americans feel themselves inferior in the presence of anyone with an English accent, which is why an English accent has become fashionable in television commercials; it is thought to sound authoritative.”

Source : Edwin Newman (1974). “Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?”
“In a sluggish economy, never, ever ***** with another man's livelihood.”
“My style kinda comes from the music I listen to.”
“I don't really have time [to babysit my twin cousins]. And, well, I actually have my own babysitter sometimes.”
“So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.”

Source : Billy Collins (2013). “Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems”, p.209, Random House

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