"I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music."

-- Esa-Pekka Salonen

#Aversion Quotes

“It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us.”
“Most true things are kind of corny, donâ€™t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”

Source : Michel Faber (2014). “The Book of Strange New Things”, p.100, Canongate Books
“All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.”
“I think going into 'New Moon,' I knew the characters better. I knew the world better and I knew the actors who would be playing these roles. I had a sense of their rhythms and tones. 'Twilight' I was writing in a vacuum. We hadn't cast it yet.”
“Having someone in your class call you fat, ugly, too tall and so on, you start to think all those things about yourself. And if you're like me, those words are played on repeat inside your head. When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them. Now we have so many more social outlets, there are so many ways to be stalked and bullied. If social media is too much for you to handle then don't have a Twitter or Facebook account, just be yourself. Be who you want to be.”
“I start at the beginning, mentally screaming every obscenity I can in alphabetical order. Then I start setting them to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
“Innovative people have always been in high demand. Help those around you to develop that â€œnever-say-dieâ€ attitude by developing it yourself. Make a decision, today, to outlaw complaining, whining and negative thinking in your own personality. And, a word of caution: if and when you are criticized for being so positive or as some call it, â€œunrealistic,â€ you will know you are on the right track.”
“The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.”

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