"A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed."

-- Catie Curtis

#Wise Quotes #Soul Quotes #Melissa Quotes

“Art Gropes. It stalks like a hunter lost in the woods, listening to itself and to everything around it, unsure of itself, waiting to pounce.”
“The answers to our prayers may not come dramatically, but we must find quiet moments to seek greater light and truth. And when we receive it, it is our responsibility to live it, to share it, and to defend it.”
“The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.”
“Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look at ourselves and wonder who we are and how we got that way. Only one thing about change remains constant...it is always painful”
“There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.”
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”

Source : William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.151, Modern Library
“I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine.”
“I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.”

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