"When I write, I tend toward melancholy, and the few times that I've tried pure joy in music, it doesn't really work that well. The joy can be through catharsis. I think that's what I do well, and observation."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Michael Stipe

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.”
“It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a mass of sooty, shapeless slime, and he devours everything.”
“My sons and I thoroughly enjoy Legos. We go to the toy store every week for more. I never want to take what we build apart; I want to put it on a shelf. My wife is starting to get a little annoyed with the Legos lying around.”
“I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”
“People need to have compassion for others.”

Source : "I've finally beaten my mental health demons" by Nick Owens, www.mirror.co.uk. April 3, 2011.
“The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.”
“Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.”

Source : Alastair Reynolds (2003). “Chasm City”, p.271, Penguin
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.”

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