"My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by."

-- Madeleine Peyroux

#New York Quotes #Father Quotes #New Orleans Quotes

“I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you make something your life's work, make sure it's something you can feel proud of when you're an old relic like me.”
“The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness and image of God. We know that if we rebel against doing that which is reasonably possible for us, then we will be penalized. And we will be equally penalized if we presume in ourselves a perfection that simply is not there. Apparently, the course of relative humility and progress will have to lie somewhere between these extremes. In our slow progress away from rebellion, true perfection is doubtless several millennia away”
“I have plenty of good friends that I think the world of - and Bob [Dylan] is one of them, and I like his music - but with some others... their music I just don't care too much about all of it. Some of it I like.”
“So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.”
“Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.”
“I have long ago accepted that I am a little crazy and a little weird. It wasn't that exciting a revelation though. Turns out everyone is.”
“Dance in the fullness of time.”

Source : Ellen Gilchrist (2010). “The Writing Life”, p.38, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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