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“So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.”
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“My guitar and singing was my way of crying.”
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“Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep.”
Source : Charles Ives (2004). “Essays Before a Sonata”, p.125, 1st World Publishing
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“Roscoe was spiritually illegal, a bootlegger of the soul, a mythic creature made of words and wit and wild deeds and boundless memory.”
Source : William Kennedy (2011). “Roscoe”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
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“For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.”
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“You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul - though you still Sauls around on the side.”
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“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
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“Sometimes, when you're this adventurous, you rip the crotch out of your pants.”