"If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys."

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Source : Kristin Hersh (2011). “Paradoxical Undressing”, p.8, Atlantic Books Ltd

Kristin Hersh

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“If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.”
“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the Persian king.”

Source : "Physica subterranea". Book by Johann Joachim Becher, 1669.
“The highest condition of art is artlessness.”
“Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.”

Source : "Mickey Rourke on Megan Fox: 'Probably the Best Young Actress I've Ever Worked With'". Interview with Jeff Labrecque, ew.com. February 05, 2010.
“I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you sir.”
“Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.”
“There's a lot of guys who have great technique, people practicing a lot and you hear them, but there's not that many people who when you hear them, you go, "Man, that guy must practice a lot," right? Then you hear Miles Davis play, and you go, "Man, I had a girlfriend like that." That's a whole another level of musicianship.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line.”

Source : "James D’Arcy Talks AGENT CARTER, Hayley Atwell, and Hints at Finale Surprise". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Febfuary 3, 2015.

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