"As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America."

-- Laurie Anderson

#Islands Quotes #America Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Oulipo ends where the work begins.”

Source : "Oulipo ends where the work begins" by Christopher R. Beha, www.believermag.com. September 2006.
“I might feel like one day is one of my best performances ever and I may top that performance or I may just pace myself for the next 5 shows. Rather I'm giving them a good show it will always be a solid same show so it always depends on my energy.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.”
“Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain. Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, wherever I have gone... The blues are all the same.”

Source : Song: Blues Run the Game, Album: Jackson C. Frank
“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”
“The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to have declared war on another democracy - England versus Finland in the second world war, in case you're interested - and we're always at the front of the queue when Johnny Foreigner gets a bit uppity. Who stood up to the Kaiser? Who stood up to Adolf? And let's not forget the Argies. What other country would have sent its fleet halfway round the world and lost 250 men to protect a flock of sheep and some oil that might or might not be there? We're still at it.”
“The touring thing is such a huge time commitment. I'm really feeling like I want to start writing and recording music again. But I have to leave for tour tomorrow. That's kind of frustrating; at the end of the day, you're plugging into this lifestyle. It's the "band lifestyle," and that's weird! I would like for touring to be creative in its own right.”
“My distraction's my defense against this lack of inspiration Against this slow deflation Yeah the further the horizon The more it holds my gaze The foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's just a phase Just a phase.”

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