THE MORE ONE JUDGES, THE LESS ONE LOVES. HONORE de BALZAC.
THE SECRET OF KEEPING YOUNG NIS TO READ CHILDREN’S BOOKS. JOHN CHEEVER
THE REALIZATION of one’ own death is the point which one becomes adult. LAWRENCE DURREL
TODAY IMAGINE all the love flowing from your heart to all people who need your love, MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZ
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS: KEEP YOUR HEART FREE FROM HATE, YOUR MIND FROM WORRY. LIVE simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget yourself, think of others. BOB MARLEY
JONI MITCHELL 1943—“WOODSTOCK” “BOTH SIDES NOW”.
CHASE AWAY THE DEMONS AND THEY WILL TAKE THE ANGELS WITH THEM.
MY heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species.
I SEE MUSIC AS FLUID ARCHITECTURE.
WHEN THE WORLD becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it’s time for artists to make their mark.
SENSITIVITY to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it’s just complaining.
FREEDOM to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.
YOU’VE got to keep the child alive; you can’t create without it.
I PAINT MY JOY AND I SING MY SORROW.
I STILL BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD, THAT WORDS INSPIRE.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TILL ITS GONE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.
THE TIMES when you impress me the most are the times when you don’t try.
ALL my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. but I want to be able to control my vision.
ALL I REALLY, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.
I LOVE YOU WHEN I FORGET ABOUT ME.
HAPPINESS IS THE BEST FACE LIFT.
EVERYTHING comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow.
LORD, there’s danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.
HOW DOES A PERSON CREATE A SONG? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous.
THE THING that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man’s disrespect for nature.
IN SOME WAYS my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really and loss.
LAUGHTER AND CRYING, YOU KNOW IT’S THE SAME RELEASE.
THEY WON’T GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, THAT’S JUST A DREAM SOME OF US HAD.
I am WOMAN of heart and mind, looking for affection and respect, a little passion.
IF YOU’RE smart or rich or lucky
Maybe you’ll beat the laws of man
But the inner laws of spirit
And the outer laws of nature
no man can.
I DON’T KNOW WHO I AM BUT YOU KNOW, LIFE IS FOR LEARNING.
LOVE IS TOUCHING SOULS.
I AM NOT A PITIABLE CREATURE. It’s just that I suffer very eloquently.
LAND of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.
IF you see yourself as kingly type, then you need your serfs and your army and so on around you.
WHEN I THINK OF YOUR KISSES MY MIND SEE-SAWS.
THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE DEPICTION OF EVIL.
WE’RE CAPTURED ON THE CAROUSEL OF TIME.
I LEARNED A WOMAN IS NEVER AN OLD WOMAN.
TO ENJOY MY MUSIC YOU NEED DEPTH AND EMOTIONALITY.
DURING TIMES LIKE THESE, THE WISE ARE INFLUENTIAL.
SORROW IS SO EASY TO EXPRESS AND YET SO HARD TO TELL.
WE HAVE A WAR DICTATOR who was not elected, he snuck in. So he punishes people that threaten him in any way or even say something he doesn’t like. It has no resemblance to democracy.
AMERICANS HAVE DECIDED TO BE STUPID AND SHALLOW SINCE 1980.
SOME TURN TO JESUS AND SOME TURN TO HEROIN.
I SEE the entire world as Eden and every time you take an inch of it away you must do so with respect.
PAINTING IS OBSESSIVE. I FORGET TO EAT. I FORGET TO SLEEP.
DAYDREAMIN’ DRUGS THE PAIN OF LIVING.