"Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life."

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Source : "Solo: Women Singer-songwriters in Their Own Words". Book by Marc Woodworth, 1998.

Suzanne Vega

#Writing Quotes #Voice Quotes #Details Quotes

“The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money.”
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for the promotion and protection of man's basic rights and freedoms. The world has come to a clear realization of the fact that freedom, justice and world peace can only be assured through the international promotion and protection of these rights and freedoms.”
“If you teach three university courses a day, you need something to turn your mind off.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Painting that does not radiate feeling is not worth looking at. The deepest-and rarest-of grown-up pleasures is true feeling.”

Source : Robert Motherwell (1999). “The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell”
“Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.”
“I think nobody can get me out. I've got a pretty good idea of what I want to hit. If I get my pitch, I'm going to get a hack in. And if I don't get you this time, I'll get you next time. I'm not saying I'm better than anybody, but I am saying that nobody is better than me.”
“The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God.”
“I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique position to be in, but it all comes out in the wash.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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