"My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back ..."

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Source : Holly Near, Derk Richardson (1990). “Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography”, William Morrow & Company

Holly Near

#Song Quotes #Voice Quotes #Feet Quotes

“When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.”
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.”
“He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.”
“Bottom line: the â€˜no upward trendâ€™ has to continue for a total of 15 years before we get worried.”
“The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.”
“We were interviewing an author, and we started talking about how so many of them - Salinger, Shaw, Fitzgerald - were really an odd bunch. They put a barrier around themselves, and not many people got through it. This was the spark that I really latched onto - someone who could break through the barrier. Of course [FINDING FORRESTER] really began to take shape when I began to wonder, what if it was a young person?”
“I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.”
“I think the Australian men and American men are quite different. I feel like Australian men might be a little bit more laid back and a little bit cool whereas American guys are sort of 'boom, boom, boom.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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