"I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel."

-- Elliott Smith

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“The [Nobel] award [of Bob Dylan] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending ruffle of pop's hair while handing it a lollipop. An act of beaming condescension whose transparent message is: "This one guy, and just this one guy, he's so good, he transcends his trivial idiom and elevates himself into our significant one."”

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“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
“I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something.”
“When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything - what it meant to me was work. As I was growing up, I realized that singing and performing was my strong suit.”
“You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.”
“In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.”
“Sharon Osbourne is such a blast and she's so, so bright.”
“Art is a point of view, and a genius way of looking at things.”

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