"I can't write songs unless I am in love."

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Source : "Kevin Ayers: 'I never considered another profession' – one of his final interviews" by Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.

Kevin Ayers

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.”
“Some women get divorces on the grounds of incompatibility; others, on just the first two syllables.”
“Mother's love grows by giving.”
“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”
“Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.”

Source : Mumia Abu-Jamal (2003). “Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience”, p.11, South End Press
“There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.”
“Overall we need to get tougher and bigger.”
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters”

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