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Julia Stone

"When I'm writing a song, things are always popping into my head, it's not so direct. It feels more like I'm in a room and there's this whole big jumble of clothes on the floor and it's like choosing what to wear. There are a lot of different things in there and you kind of pull something out and think, "No, that's not right," or you're like, "Yes I'll put this on with this.""

Source : "Angus and Julia Stone Synch Up". Interview with Olivia Fleming, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 31, 2014.

Julia Stone

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In fighting a bull you're always aware of a paradox concerning your perceptions of the bull. On the one hand it's your perceptions of the bull that give you the upper hand. You read the bull, you learn to read the bull more and more accurately, and this reading of the bull is how you deploy your intelligence against the bull's intelligence. Your accuracy in reading the bull is a weapon, maybe your most important weapon, against all the bull's weapons. On the other hand, you're human, you have the human tendency to read into the bull things which may not actually be there.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.”
“I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.”
“Looking back, I've learned that everyone is searching for three things: Identity, community, and a sense of individual purpose. These are fundamental, and if a person feels marginalized or disenfranchised, they're likely to turn to something negative, maybe drugs, maybe promiscuity, or maybe a white supremacist group.”
“These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.”

Source : "Speaking with...LEN WEIN PART ONE". Interview with Marv Wolfman, www.marvwolfman.com.
“The centre of the universe and only rotates on its axis without going from east to west, is a very dangerous attitude and one calculated not only to arouse all Scholastic philosophers and theologians but also to injure our holy faith by contradicting the Scriptures.”
“The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.”
“surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain”

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