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“You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.”
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“I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.”
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“When I was a kid, I was obsessed with different planets in the solar system, and I used to create, for every single planet, a different alien race with a certain kind of pet, a certain kind of house, a certain kind of water system, and everything.”
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“Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.”
Source : Karl Jay Shapiro (2004). “Creative Glut: Selected Essays of Karl Shapiro”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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“What a great advantage a man can have over women, if he only knew what cold and calculating thoughts are going through her mind.... while her eyes are brimming with tears.”
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“Someone like John Prine can write a song that tears into your soul, turn it over, and write a song that makes you laugh and feel light as a feather. With someone like him, you're getting a real picture of a person, a real expression.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and the music that we create and all that is coming out of us. The music is making the show and the music is creating the atmosphere, so if you close your eyes and listen and feel what it is that's coming out of the speakers, that's the whole point.”
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“You should always say exactly what you think directly to people all the time,”
Source : "Amy Pascal Speaks Out About Getting 'Fired' From Sony" by Ryan Gajewski, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 11, 2015.