"There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale to write a great novel. If I had lived the lives of all the characters of the songs I've written, that would truly be an extraordinary story."

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Source : 2001 In the Daily Telegraph, 20 Oct.

Michael Stipe

#Song Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.”
“Winter's palette is clear and spare, restrictive enough to curb the excesses of even the most daring gardeners.”
“Fashions change, and with the new psychoanalytical perspective of the postwar period [WWII], child rearing became enshrined as thespecial responsibility of mothersany shortcoming in adult life was now seen as rooted in the failure of mothering during childhood.”
“To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I canâ€™t sing,I can always continue listening to it.”
“It is a mistake to keep the horse on the bit for too long. He must be relaxed at the walk on the long rein regularly and afterwards he must be carefully put back together again.”
“Ronald Reagan was unusual in being an authentic personality. Unlike many professional actors - and politicians - he was much the same behind the curtain as in front.”
“No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.”

Source : Michael Polanyi (1974). “Scientific thought and social reality: essays”, Intl Universities Pr Inc
“But it's a poor church that cares only for what happens to a soul after it leaves this life." -Damien”

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