"Artists are perceptive, but they choose to write songs or make movies or paint pictures rather than simply keeping private diaries."

-- Jon Pareles

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Artist Quotes

“Music is entertainment, but I would like to be able to inspire the audience in a way that makes them leave, saying, "Wow, I just left with something I didn't have before going into this concert." I hope that people can leave either a live show or listening to our band record with a sense of peace, where the music was a moment of escape.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I think the wildest wildlife you can find these days is in Chernobyl, where wolves are running around breeding quite well in the nuclear disaster zones.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, believermag.com. January 1, 2004.
“Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 24, 2016
“You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.”
“I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery.”
“If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If youâ€™re a writer you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary actâ€”truth is always subversive.”
“What is the message of Christmas? It is the birth of the One who promised peace, joy and love.”
“Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own criticalâ€”and creativeâ€”thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant to be a man â€“ and how much my sexuality would perpetually challenge those meaningsâ€”could be found in arguments posed by feminists. What can I say? I identified.”

Source : Todd Haynes (2007). “Far From Heaven, Safe, and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story: Three Screenplays”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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