"This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me."

-- Alan Hovhaness

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“I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.”
“I am very annoyed about this issue. Why canâ€™t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate? It seems weâ€™re just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and I donâ€™t think that they should define the terms of the debate. I also feel like people think I was walking around in a cloud and didnâ€™t realize I was gay, which I find really offensive. I find it offensive to me, but I also find it offensive to all the men Iâ€™ve been out with.”
“I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.”

Source : "Charlie Haden Remembers Tomorrow". Interview With Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. March 7, 2003.
“When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.”
“I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable.”
“Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.”
“Oh if at every moment of our lives we could know the consequences of some of the utterings, thoughts and deeds that seem so trivial and unimportant at the time! And should we not conclude from such examples that there is no such thing in life as unimportant moments devoid of meaning for the future?”
“The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both sexes and can see into more than one world at once, having the capacity to see from more than one point of view at a time. And that is also an Indian way of seeing.”

Source : Judy Grahn (1990). “Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds”

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