"Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion."

-- Ned Rorem

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“I would have to say the best was when my mom formed a company for me. I write out all of the checks for my performance business. I get to see the money I make and how much it takes to do what I do.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
“Sometimes I think I should get another job, and do this only for its own purpose. It's important to separate creative expression from making money.”

Source : "The Knife: 'Music history is written by privileged white men'" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2013.
“If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce.”
“The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.184, Simon and Schuster
“The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!”
“Going to a women's college made a big difference. It gave me the sense women could run things... and I just never thought that it made sense to give that up.”
“'Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of the Universe. He rewards or punishes them according to their general character. The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.”

Source : Samuel Adams (1968). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1773-1777: 1773-1777”
“I do have a nickname with my family; I'm called Snappy, because I do get to be a bit snippy at times. They call me Snappy Bear. That's from New Hampshire. My dad's called Crazy, my mother's Happy - it's a whole thing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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