"The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension"

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Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

J. Robbins

#Song Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Self-defense is only an illusion, a dark cloak beneath which lurks a razor-sharp dagger waiting to be plunged into the first unwary victim. Whoever declares that any weapon manufactured today, whether it be a nuclear missile or a .38 special, is created for self-defense should look a little more closely at his own image in the mirror. Either he is a liar or is deceiving himself.”
“I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.”
“The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash, but regular people in cars don't want to be uncomfortable even for a minute.”
“Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements.”
“It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.”
“Write 100 things that you love about your partner. It's another way of keeping yourself in check. It's hard to do.”
“I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. The Law is the needle, and you cannot draw the silken thread of the gospel through a manâ€™s heart unless you first send the needle of the Law to make way for it.”
“Ever since our country came into existence, we have always assumed that we are better than the Arabs. But we are noticing that these are no longer backward people. Suddenly we are confronted with a new situation - the fact that the Arab world maybe thinks just as democratically as we do, perhaps even more democratically. Where does this leave us? After all, we're supposed to be the only democracy in the Middle East!”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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