"Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone it out."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Frankie Cosmos

#Song Quotes #New York Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The soul has many motions, body one.”
“I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.”
“That was one of things that surprised me so much when I was writing the poems. The contrasts between the haves and have-nots is so complicated. It's financial of course, but it's also the lifestyle choices. The more money people have the further away from each other they often want to be. So while I loved not being hungry and having new gear, etc. I missed the sounds of my neighbors and the kind of generosity people who are struggling together often show.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular.”

Source : Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan
“Boy, do I got some stories to tell.”
“I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.”
“I am like the fish in the aquarium, thinking in a different language, adapting to a life thatâ€™s not my natural habitat. I am the people in the other cars, each with his or her own story, but passing too quickly to be noticed or understood.”
“God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.”

Source : John Donne (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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