"Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting."

-- Robert Frost

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“People are self-centered to a nauseous degree. They will keep on about themselves while I'm explaining me.”
“Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.”

Source : "Film: 'Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out'". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. January 27, 2006.
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.”
“[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!”
“Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.”
“If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it.”
“I really love Norah Jones.”
“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that's not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner's faults honestly and say, 'I can work around that. I can make something out of it.'? Because the good stuff is always going to be there, and it's always going to pretty and sparkly, but the crap underneath can ruin you.”

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