"The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz."

-- John Scofield

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“On the face of her phone Wileen programs a message to herself so that when the alarm clock rings the screen flashes: EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS. EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS. For some people happiness it's just a reduction in suffering. Jordan. Jordan tattoos the words FORGIVE ME in thick black letters down the inside of his arm so that when he looks at his wrist he will remember not to hate himself so much. What he keeps forgetting is that there is life after survival.”
“Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.”
“One day can make your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is, is four or five days that change everything.”

Source : "Riding in Cars with Boys". www.imdb.com. 2001.
“I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art.”

Source : "Sia wants to stab you with a fork, but she won't". Interview with Jessica Jardine, www.avclub.com. April 23, 2010.
“I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That's what brings the wrinkles! I didn't care when I turned 30 or 40 or 50.”
“All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.”
“It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.”
“Faith does help mourners survive their loss, some studies suggest; but I imagine one still struggles.”

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