"...You deserve to be happy. What can I do?" Don't send me away, I thought. He looked at me again. "What do you want?" "I want to taste an apple," I said. And your lips, I thought."

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Source : Laura Whitcomb (2005). “A Certain Slant of Light”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Laura Whitcomb

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“It's a despicable world we're living in now. It's the most disgusting time for music in terms of big wigs, guys who like playing the game. It's hard to get your stuff heard. I find it really annoying actually. I think my music would appeal to a lot of people but being on Warp in the States it's really hard to get radio play and exposure. We need to push this internet revolution forward quickly.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.”
“Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do.”
“Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”
“When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?”
“Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do”
“I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music within and a song, And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating it long. I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music that played itself out in aeolian notes: Then was heard, as a far-away bell at long intervals tolled.”

Source : Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.187
“I want be an entertainer that doesn't just work in one specific field, but a variety of things. If I become an artist that influences people in many different directions and aspects, I think I would be satisfied for having achieved my biggest goal.”

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