"I don't remember things initially when listening to music. Like, I don't remember where I first heard a song, I don't have nostalgic attachment to a song in that it reminds me of such and such a time or place. I think I probably did experience that somewhat when I was not a full-time, professional musician, but I don't think music works that way for people who are in it constantly."

-- Stephin Merritt

#Song Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Attachment Quotes

“There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people nod their heads, â€œyes,â€ in the same way that they would in conversation with a loved one, a parent, professor, or minister.”

Source : Saul Williams (2006). “The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“Those who have no mental vigilance, Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate, With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug, Their learning will not settle in their memories.”
“You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that.”

Source : Kay Thompson (2015). “Eloise: Book & CD”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
“I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.”
“You can't change a man, no-ways. By the time his mummy turns him loose and he takes up with some innocent woman and marries her, he's what he is.”
“My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.”
“THIS ACTION THAT I FORESEE has nothing to do with melodrama It is that life as lived by me now is a series of exceptions I was (am?) not unique but special. This is why I was an artist”
“During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.”

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