Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
TORI AMOSThere’s a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.
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Get off the cross, we need the wood.
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After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That’s when you feel the passage of time is occurring.
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If you’re a lame brain, then you’re a lame brain. I can’t help that.
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The word ‘confession,’ to me, means needing to be absolved. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m not asking people to understand. I’d like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
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We all must develop a grounded clarity for ourselves.
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Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.
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I think having a child can really change you if you’re open to it.
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There are older men with younger women but you don’t see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.
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Look, I’m standing naked before you; Don’t you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can’t claim innocence.
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Things go wrong all the time; you can’t be precious about it.
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I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.
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So close to touching freedom, then I hear the guards call my name
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Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It’s about discipline. You have to push yourself.
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There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.
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I’m a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
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