"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."

-- Izaak Walton

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“Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and that was purely to serve the listener because I knew they needed to hear something. But most of the good stuff comes from my life.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Poets, when they write of love, give themselves and everyone else away!”
“Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.”
“If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.”
“To travel best requires some time preparing for your visit to a particular location - that you don't travel anywhere without spending a few nights reading about the culture and history of the place you are visiting. This is what most of us don't do - we fling ourselves on an exotic destination hoping that someone will tell us what we are looking at, but by that time it's too late, and all the lectures and tour guides simply add to our confusion.”
“Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.”
“Deco, it was a pleasure to have worked with you.”
“I've certainly long described myself as an activist. But an agitator? Well, yes, that too, I think.”

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