"With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music."

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Source : "Phoebe Snow obituary" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2011.

Phoebe Snow

#Mother Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“I'm going to do things when they are right for me.”

Source : "I'm Gazza - and I am an alcoholic", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.
“The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.”
“When you work in film, you learn to appreciate a distributor. You can have this great little film, but if you don't have a distributor, you are sitting in your living room with a great little film.”
“For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.”
“The Spirit of the Lord says that God is placing a crown of manifestation on the heads of His faithful, diligent, chosen saints - a crown of great favor and authority with God and men - a new and greater installment of the fruits and blessings of the Spirit. Another measure, and another, and another.”
“My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.”

Source : Diane Arbus (2003). “Diane Arbus: revelations”, Random House (NY)
“It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.”
“Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth.”

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