Grammy Award winners

"I take all the negative things in my life and turn them into positive things."

"I was there for three weeks before I shot a single thing. And that first day of shooting... I was so nervous, man. Everyone was sort of going "Who's this guy?" You know, there was a lot of that, and... You know, "Is he gonna deliver?", and that-- You can feel all that kinda pressure."

"It's always the suit's fault. Never the actor."

"I think every male at some point thinks about playing James Bond so it was not right then, but it may be right if it comes back. I think you've got to be scared as an actor and keep taking risks. It doesn't always work out but it's a healthy place to be."

"This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV."

"Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!"

"The Broadway thing is full-on—we were nine months in, six days a week. When you get a week off, there’s something so miraculous about it and freeing. I was sitting on a beach, not a care in the world, and for some reason, the thought came into my head: What do you want to do? And the first two things had nothing to do with work—then literally, I thought: Deadpool-Wolverine. I want to do that movie. That’s what I want."

"I only arrived in the world in 1988, by which point you were already seeing many of the great things happen and by the time I started going clubbing it was all about jungle It was great fun, but a hostile environment. It wasn’t a place for a gangly, 6-foot-5-inch, mousy-haired, scarf-wearing twat like myself. More a place go and do shed loads of cocaine and try and start a fight. But I loved the sound system. The culture of taking sound systems around really interested me, and when dubstep broke, that was it."

"I would be spooning my 6'8" boyfriend. I'm the big spoon, obviously. He'll love that I said that."

"It is risky, in this cynical and mocking age, to make a determinedly traditional biopic … a film willing to focus on the good that men do."

"I think doing a documentary is one set of your muscles and doing a drama is another. You can learn from both of them -- how to place material, where you build it. I learned those lessons doing both documentaries and drama. Both of them helped the other; how to keep things interesting on camera when interviewing them, the same way you keep the actor of a drama alive and not just doing it by numbers. The dramas I do are usually character-driven. It’s very similar to doing a documentary; in a drama you’re always trying to build to something. I say to documentary directors to look at more dramas, to give it more wit so you don’t put one great thing at the beginning; structure the documentary to keep the audience’s interest. I learned a lot in documentaries about how to cut performances in dramas and to keep the audience on their toes."

"When you’re by yourself and you’re doing something that is physically quite demanding it might be almost more readily available to get to that space. People always call it out of body or you’re on autopilot, but none of those things are exactly true. You become the thing you’re making rather than the person making it. That’s a good place to be."

"We go through life being told by every story and bit of media that we can consume that for everybody there’s this corollary person or soulmate. And you’ll know each other and they’ll just get you and know what’s going on in your heart and mind. That terrible narrative that’s sold to us, prepackaged in every form, pretty much ruins every relationship—romantic, friendly and otherwise. The acknowledgement of the real rub of being conscious, to the degree that we are, is that no matter how much the company of others we seek, the underlying source of our discontent, and constantly looking for or describing different causes for it, is that ultimately you’re alone in your head. You’re the only thing that will ever think those thoughts. And there’s no amount of companionship, comradery or family that will ever penetrate that barrier. Your life and death, there’s a solitude to it."

"For as long as I can remember, the guitar and music itself is the thing that has gotten me through everything. Whatever it is I'm thinking about, or worrying about, or feeling good about -- anything -- the music has just been there. It's sort of like a model for the way things could actually work somehow. The music itself, just being immersed in the melody and the harmony and the rhythm of it, is so extraordinary, but then I think also all the people I've known... As soon as I started to play, it caused this circle of people to be there where everything was cool somehow."

"I think we all have handicaps — physical, mental, emotional or from situations into which we are born but of which we have no control. But we have to be careful not to listen to people who tell us that we can’t do this or that. If you are stupid enough to let that really sink in, then it’s true. You won’t be able to do anything. But I was always a rebel."

"I'm not a video person at all, I prefer to let the listener have their own impressions."

"The Twist is putting out a cigarette with both feet or coming out of the shower and wiping off your bottom with a towel to the beat of the music. If you're wiping off your bottom with a towel to the beat of the music, you can't touch your partner at the same time. That instantly gives us this thing we call dancing apart to the beat."

"I've been baking this cake for the last 30 years, and all of a sudden the Fat Boys come and put icing on it. And it looks like we're gonna put some candles on it and blow 'em out."

"I personally believe that education is the key to freedom. Actually, literacy is the key to freedom because you can educate yourself."

"My life was changed forever. My first day as an actor, Cicely Tyson played my mother, Maya Angelou played my grandmother. I was 19, and they embraced me as a peer. They schooled me. They certainly taught me what it meant to be a professional, but they assumed that because I was there I belonged there, and they treated me as such. It was an extraordinary experience for a young person."

"I wouldn’t want to be a young and emerging talent in today’s environment of the 24-hour news cycle and social media and a camera in everyone’s hand. I can’t imagine how much that adds to the burden of the journey."

"I am a huge fan of science fiction! Throughout my life I have marveled at the powerful, even transformative nature of speculative storytelling. The influence science fiction storytelling is having in popular culture right now is amazing to behold, and as a genuine fan of the medium, I truly believe we are in a New Age of speculative fiction. There is a pleasing phenomenon developing in the genre recently: the worthy inclusion of voices of color, which are being paid much overdue attention. Why this is important should be self-evident. However, for those sitting way in the back, consider this: we continually create the world we occupy-in our imaginations first, and only afterwards do we make those visions manifest in this world. So it stands to reason that a healthy society is one that respects and honors the voices of ALL of its components. For too long, the voices and visions for our future have been provided, for the most part, by and from a culturally European (if not Eurocentric) perspective. However, there is change afoot. The works of Octavia E. Butler are becoming mainstream, and names like Nnedi Okorafor and Lesley Nneka Arimah are bringing much needed flavor to the narratives that help shape our future."

"Jaymee Goh, Darcie Little Badger, Indrapramit Das. These are voices that are sorely needed if we are to chart a course for humanity that does not result in the destructive practices of our past. The exploration of space and our eventual close encounters with other intelligent species will require us to leave our "colonizer" mentality behind and embrace an attitude of openness and humility we have to cultivate, let alone master. When a world leader advocates for the creation of a militaristic Space Force to exercise "dominance" in the heavens, we are moving further than ever from Gene Roddenberry's United Federation of Planets. Instead, our exploration into the unknown should cause us to examine who we are as sentient beings, and science fiction as a tool for social change makes for a most welcome companion on our journey."

"First when there's nothing But a slow glowing dream That your fear seems to hide Deep inside your mindAll alone I have cried Silent tears full of pride In a world made of steel Made of stoneWell, I hear the music Close my eyes, feel the rhythm Wrap around Take a hold of my heartWhat a feeling Bein's believin' I can have it all Now I'm dancing for my lifeTake your passion And make it happen Pictures come alive You can dance right through your life"

"Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere."

"I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I’m speaking of at that time."

"Everyone wins when children – and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal earning potential and prepare herself for a productive and fulfilling life, as well as reduce poverty in the whole community. Investing in girls’ education also helps delay early marriage and parenthood. Our booming economies in Africa need more female engineers, teachers and doctors to prosper and sustain growth."

"I come from this diversity and richness that's Benin, where there are fifty different languages. I speak four of them. I never know in advance which language will come when I start to write.The song leads me to the language."

"It’s just that I love to sing. I love to bring Africa to the world. The beauty of Africa, not the music that people are very content about seeing and talking about."

"We Africans have to be able to deal with our problems. Help from outside is alright, but we have to learn to be responsible for our own attitudes."

"Benin has little tradition of harmony in the south where I come from. The north has a lot more, but the south has more rhythms, which are absolutely fantastic and people don't know them. There's one village specifically dedicated to the drum. When you get there you can go and choose your tree, cut it down and make your percussion from it. The challenge for me is adding the harmonies that the rhythms give."

"People say 'la musique africaine', but I say 'les musiques africaines'. They refuse to recognize that Africa is a continent with a huge number of different cultures and languages and music. That's always been the difficulty of my career. People expect all Africans to have the same sound more or less, as if you can lump them all together."

"This photo is by Erica McDonald. She doesn’t waste time - she sees, she captures. She is brilliant. She has shot covers for Raven, Ballads, 7, and many images of me over time. Because in the past, male photographers have essentially been pricks pressuring me to disrobe, touching me inappropriately etc., I work with women. Photographers like Jodie Olson (This Fire) and @ebruyildiz (American Quilt) and @merrifairy (Amen) are humble geniuses."

"And what I'm doing is stepping into my confidence and my power to create my own beauty standard. And one day that will just be the standard."

"I feel like women who are smaller aren't really given the opportunities to be body-positive or role models either because we've been conditioned to believe that women are using their bodies for the male gaze."

"You realize that people truly care about you and they’ll help you, and they don’t mind helping you."

"I take self-love very seriously. And I take it seriously because when I was younger, I wanted to change everything about myself"

"I like to make music that you can use to motivate yourself, because I’m going to be singing that every single day on stage. I’m not trying to sing no curses in my life."

"I think that’s part of the prejudice lens that most human beings are kind of taught to build. Very judgmental. Everyone’s really mean to themselves and to others"

"Lizzo is learning self-love, practicing hope, and making space to let everyone in by Rayne Fisher-Quann. Retrieved 9/11/2023."

"[Imagining a telephone conversation between an advertising executive and Abraham Lincoln just before his Gettysburg Address] Hi Abe, sweetheart. How are you, kid? How's Gettysburg? ... Sort of a drag, heh? Well, Abe you know them small Pennsylvania towns, you seen one you seen 'em all. ... Listen Abe, I go the note. What's the problem? ... You're thinking of shaving it off? Abe, don't you see that's part of the image with the shawl and the stovepipe hat and the string tie? ... You don't have the shawl. Where's the shawl? ... You left it in Washington. What are you wearing, Abe? ... A sort of cardigan? Abe, don't you see that doesn't fit with the string tie and the beard> Abe, would you leave the beard on and get the shawl."

"Abe, you got the speech. ... Abe, you haven't changed the speech have you? ... Oh, Abe. What did you ya change the speech for? ... A couple of minor changes? ... I'll bet. All right, what are they? ... You what? You typed it! Abe, how many times have we told you — on the backs of envelopes. ... I understand it’s harder to read that way, but it looks like you wrote it on the train coming down."

"Humor is a very, very important part of our life. It's not just laughing at a joke, it's an attitude toward life. And as the world gets crazier, it's more important to laugh at it. It's a survival technique."

"As an unintended result of the Nazi occupation [of Denmark, where Morgenstern lived at the time], jazz became more popular than ever—a phenomenon universal to countries under the Hitler jackboot. In France, Django Reinhardt enjoyed the greatest acclaim of his career, and even in Germany, there were clandestine groups of jazz fans who'd meet to listen to records. Jazz was anathema to the Nazis. who considered it a mongrel affront to Aryan "culture," the product of an unholy alliance between Africans and Jews. But to those who hated the Nazis, jazz stood for freedom, for democracy, and for the spirit of America, which, especially after Pearl Harbor, seemed to embody hope for a better future."

"While most first-time visitors wanted to see the Statue of Liberty (arriving by ocean liner, I'd already seen it) or the Empire State Building, I wanted to go to Fifty-Second Street, that legendary block of jazz clubs I'd read so much about. It wasn't much to look at from the outside, though the names on the various marquees and sandwich boards made me drool. History tells us that by the spring of 1947, the street was well into its decline and fall, and to be sure, there were signs touting strippers and comedians. But having Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, and Billie Holiday all on the same block wasn't shabby. I soon discovered that it was possible to hear a lot of music from outside the clubs, if their wasn't too much traffic noise and the doorman didn't chase you away. Eventually I learned how to nurse a beer through several sets of music by drinking from the bottle, which was opaque, instead of from a glass, which the bartender could easily spot when empty, or, if I wanted to stick around all night, to tip the bartender well on the first transaction, after which he'd leave me alone with my empty bottle."

"Then the next thing we did, which was in 1955, Art Tatum had a trio at Storyville [in Boston, Mass]. I really wanted Tatum solo. Guitar and bass – it's a fine – but I wanted to hear him himself. So we propositioned him. That turned out to be something that he immediately responded to. So we made sure that we got the best piano on campus and had it tuned to a T. I wrote a piece about him. The concert was terrific. ... Tatum played wonderfully. Then when we took him back to Boston and thanked him profusely, he then said – and this was something that I think jolted me and gave me maybe in the back of my mind the thought that I might want to get involved in this kind of thing – he said, "I want to thank you, because this is the first time I've done a solo concert all by myself." What he meant by that was that he had of course performed publicly solo piano before, but always as part of a program where there were other attractions. 1955 is a year before his death. It's astonishing."

"My first assignment for Down Beat was to do an interview with Milt Jackson, whom I didn't know and who was not a very easy interview. I asked several of my musician friends. But the fortunate thing was that he was recording for Atlantic, and Down Beat arranged for me to attend the session. He was recording with Coleman Hawkins, whom I had at that time already befriended. In fact, Coleman did a very big thing for me in terms of establishing me in the musicians' circle. Coleman was known for never buying anybody a drink. It's not that he was cheap, but he once explained it to me. He said, "You buy somebody a drink. Then they buy you one. You wind up drinking more than you really want." But he was noted for not doing that. We had become friendly. Coleman had this big, booming voice. Even in a noisy bar you could hear him over the crowd. His voice really carried. He said to me, "Danny. What are you drinking?" Everybody turned around and looked. That was like my initiation. Anyway, Coleman was recording with Milt Jackson. I had a little bit – he could see that I – after the session, when I started talking to Milt, that Milt was – he didn’t know me from Adam. Who is this guy? I was not – I couldn’t say that I was an experienced interviewer by then. So Coleman came over and just put his arm around and said, "He’s okay." Then Milt opened up."

"When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eye. You're just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry. You float like a feather In a beautiful world. I wish I was special. You're so fuckin' special.But I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doin' here? I don't belong here."

"I don't care if it hurts. I wanna have control. I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul. I want you to notice When I'm not around. You're so fuckin' special. I wish I was special."

"And the wise man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And the thin man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And they're cursing me and they won't let me be. And there's nothing to say and there's nothing to do.Stop whispering, start shouting. Stop whispering, start shouting."

"And if the world does turn, And if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I wanna be in a band when I get to heaven. Anyone can play guitar And they won't be a nothing anymore."

"You can force it but it will not come. You can taste it but it will not form. You can crush it but it's always here. You can crush it but it's always near. Chasing you home SayingEverything is Broken. Everyone is Broken."

"I need to wash myself again To hide all the dirt and pain. 'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath. And who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low?"

"Drying up in conversation, You will be the one who cannot talk. All your insides fall to pieces. You just sit there wishing you could still make love. They're the ones who'll hate you When you think you've got the world all sussed out. They're the ones who'll spit at you. You will be the one screaming out.Don't leave me high. Don't leave me dry. Don't leave me high. Don't leave me dry."

"She looks like the real thing, She tastes like the real thing. My fake plastic love. But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run.And it wears me out, It wears me out."

"They love me like I was a brother. They protect me, listen to me. They dug me my very own garden, Gave me sunshine, made me happy.Nice dream. Nice dream. Nice dream."

"Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor. You've changed the locks three times He still come reeling through the door. One day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell.You do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you. You and no one else. You do it to yourself. You do it to yourself, ah."

"We're too young to fall asleep, Too cynical to speak. We are losing it, can't you tell? We scratch our eternal itch, Our twentieth century bitch. We are grateful for our iron lung."

"Limb by limb and tooth by tooth, Stirring up inside of me. Every day, every hour, Wish that I... was bulletproof."

"Blame it on the black star, Blame it on the falling sky, Blame it on the satellite That beams me home."

"Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn. God rest your soul. Oh, when the loving comes and we've already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change."

"Rows of houses all bearing down on me, I can feel their blue hands touching me. All these things into position, All these things we'll one day swallow whole.And fade out again. And fade out."

"In the next world war, jackknifed juggernaut, I am born again. In a neon sign scrolling up and down, I am born again.In an interstellar burst, I'm back to save the universe."

"When I am king, You will be first against the wall. With your opinion, Which is of no consequence at all.What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)"

"I'd tell all my friends, but they'd never believe me. They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely. I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life. They'd shut me away, but I'd be alright. Alright, I'm alright, alright."

"Breathe, keep breathing, Don't lose your nerve. Breathe, keep breathing, I can't do this alone."

"Transport, motorways and tramlines, Starting and then stopping, Taking off and landing. The emptiest of feelings. Disappointed people Clinging onto bottles. And when it comes, It's so, so disappointing.Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around."

"This is what you get. This is what you get. This is what you get. When you mess with us."

"When I go forwards, you go backwards, And somewhere we will meet."

"I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement. But if you get too far inside, You'll only see my reflection."

"A heart that's full up like a landfill, A job that slowly kills you, Bruises that won't heal.You look so tired, unhappy. Bring down the government. They don't, they don't speak for us.I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide."

"Pull me out of the aircrash, Pull me out of the lake. 'Cause I'm your superhero. We are standing on the edge."

"Flies are buzzing 'round my head, Vultures circling the dead. Picking up every last crumb, The big fish eat the little ones. Big fish eat the little ones, Not my problem, give me some.You can try the best you can, You can try the best you can. The best you can is good enough."

"Stop sending letters. Letters always get burned. It's not like the movies; They fed us on little white lies.I think you're crazy, maybe. I think you're crazy, maybe.I will see you in the next life."

"After years of waiting, Nothing came. As your life flashed before your eyes, You realizeI'm a reasonable man. Get off, get off, get off my case."

"I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me. A moon full of stars and astral cars, And all the figures I used to see. All my lovers were there with me, All my past and futures. And we all went to heaven in a little row boat.There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt."

"I want you to know He's not coming back. Look into my eyes, I'm not coming back.So knives out, Catch the mouse. Don't look down, Shove it in your mouth."

"Oh, why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want to live in the children's land And you know maybe, maybe I) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I'll wander the promised land I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (I want to live in the promised land And maybe wander the children's land) Quiet down! (Yeah, and there, there we can free)"

"Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five."

"Maybe you'll be president, But know right from wrong. Or in the flood you'll build an ark And sail us to the moon."

"Yesterday's headlines Blown by the wind. Yesterday's people end up Scatterbrain there. Any fool can easy pick a hole I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range."

"I keep the wolf from the door, but he calls me up. Calls me on the phone, tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up. Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom And I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops."

"How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Won't take my eyes off the ball again. You reel me out, then you cut the string."

"I have no idea what I am talking about. I am trapped in this body and can't get out."

"Don't get any big ideas, They're not gonna happen. You paint yourself white And fill up with noise, But there'll be something missing.Now that you've found it, it's gone. Now that you feel it, you don't. You've gone off the rails."

"I'm the next act waiting in the wings. I'm an animal trapped in your hot car. I am all the days that you choose to ignore.You are all I need. You're all I need. I'm in the middle of your picture, Lying in the reeds."

"Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore (In rainbows)"

"I don't want to be your friend. I just want to be your lover. No matter how it ends, No matter how it starts.Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. And fall off the table, get swept under Denial, denial."

"Just as you take my hand, Just as you write my number down, Just as the drinks arrive, Just as they play your favourite song. As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back in focus again."

"This is my way of saying goodbye Because I can't do it face to face. So I'm talking to you before- No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day I've ever seen."

"Open your mouth wide, A universal sigh. And while the ocean blooms, It's what keeps me alive. So why does this still hurt? Don't blow your mind with whys."

"There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root, so now I'll set you free. I'll set you free."

"Gather up the lost and their souls (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Gather up the pitiful (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me)"

"Like I've fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream, Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying."

"Then into your life, there comes a darkness, There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky. And there's nowhere to hide. You run to the back, and you cover your ears, But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard. And all we trapped, ragdoll cloth people, We are helpless to resist Into our darkest hour."

"Now as I go upon my way So let me go upon my way Born of a light, born of a light The wind rushing 'round my open heart An open ravine with my spirit wide Totally alive and my spirit light Through an open doorway Across a street to another life And catching my reflection In a window, switching on a light One I didn't know, totally alive, totally released."

"Hey, it's me, I just got off the train A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey And I'm wondering, should I turn around? Buy another ticket?"

"From roughly 1995 to about 2002, there was arguably no hotter band on the planet than Radiohead. It got to the point that fans worldwide could not wait to hear what was next from Thom Yorke and Co. Radiohead went from a true rock outfit to excelling within the alternative and art rock scenes while also not being afraid to throw in some electronica. There is not a better run of albums with , , , and in alternative rock history. Even today, Radiohead still has a major influence on the music scene."

"OK Computer was the last gasp of the rock monoculture: an incontestable, unrepeatable, and critically consecrated masterpiece of a genre that was too big to fail, yet too limp to preside over a new century. Picking up grunge’s challenge to macho rock orthodoxy, the bookish Oxford five-piece parlayed corporate resistance and righteous angst into an infernal assessment of mainstream conformism, petit bourgeois inertia, and cartoonish celebrity culture. But where grunge despaired at the gravity of it all, and Britpop buried its head in hedonism, Radiohead made a crucial distinction: Seeing the inferno of modern life in all its grotesque glory was not a curse to endure or escape, but a superpower to wield."

"Radiohead’s OK Computer would become such a resounding popular and critical success that it would essentially destroy an important subgenre — the Britpop of Oasis, Blur, and Suede — with the force of its implication: Three-minute songs about drunken nights or critiques of the English suburbs now seemed unspeakably tiny, and American grunge sounded noisy and antique."

"The melancholic wonder and mesmerization provided from the UK’s own Radiohead has always been second to none."

"You remain turned away Turning further every day"

"You take your car to work, I’ll take my board And when you’re out of fuel, I’m still afloat."

"You can’t resist her, she’s in your bones [...] And so it seems, only in dreams"

"What’s with these homies dissin’ my girl? Why do they gotta front?"

"When we couldn’t find sleep, things were better then"

"Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like Buddy Holly"

"The workers are going home"

"Goddamn, you half-Japanese girls do it to me every time"

"I’m dumb, she’s a lesbian I thought I had found the one We were good as married in my mind But married in my mind’s no good."

"I’m shaking at your touch, I like you way too much"

"I did what my body told me to I didn't mean to do you harm"

"Everyone’s a little queer Why can’t she be a little straight?"

"Goddamn, this business is really lame"

"Tonight, I’m down on my knees Tonight, I’m begging you please Tonight, tonight, please Oh, why can’t I be makin’ love come true?"

"How stupid is it? I can’t talk about it I gotta sing about it And make a record of my heart"

"What could you possibly see in little ol’ three-chord me?"

"With his phenomenal ear, Wes quickly grew beyond his influences and developed a style all his own. His knack for melody, groundbreaking use of octaves in a soloing context and intricate chord solos—as demonstrated in his devastating interpretations of standards like “Round Midnight” and “Days of Wine and Roses”—broadened the range of guitar, pushing the instrument into unchartered territory."

"When I was growing up people would always say, and it was meant in the kindest possible way, ‘You’re really good for a girl,’ because there weren’t a lot of girls or women playing. Out of this small pond of people, it was surprising to them. In my opinion, you’d have to be pretty unworldly to make a comment like that anymore. Nobody had the success that Alison Krauss had. So, when that happened, I think it started to make it difficult for people to look at women in bluegrass as some kind of exceptional thing. Here was a woman who really blew out the boundaries for the music and really expanded the potential for the music and brought in new listeners."

"[Glen Campbell is] considered one of the finest guitar players to ever front a country band."

"[Campbell] has a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and earned crossover success on the adult contemporary charts, which is no easy task for a country singer. His hits during the 1960s and 1970s earned him status a pop culture fixture."

"Nobody could have put voice to those great Jimmy Webb-penned tunes like the Rhinestone Cowboy."

"[Campbell's] impact as a guitar player, musician, and singer transcended genre categorization. That said, for many, he's considered a country star first and foremost, and one that was a bonafide master of the 6-string."

"When Tritt came along, he quickly became Waylon Jennings’ favorite new artist. Is there a bigger compliment?"

"To any new country fans who think Chris Stapleton is forging new ground by bringing that much soul into country music … where have y’all been?"

"Way ahead of his time, and the forerunner of every top-tapping, open-tuning, harmonic-loving acoustic warrior out there, Michael Hedges was a trailblazer. Close your eyes and you could be listening to three guitarists. Open them, and it’s just Hedges, dancing his way across the fretboard, breaking boundaries for fun. A great talent taken far too soon."

"With traditional clean Telecaster tone typically running straight into the amp (usually a Princeton Reverb or Deluxe Reverb) and often drenched in shimmering reverb, country hit-maker Marty Stuart deftly rolls Don Rich, Ralph Mooney and Clarence White all into one and makes it look easy. Stuart is the prime exponent in modern country of the sinuous pedal steel sound of the B-Bender Telecaster."

"A multi-Grammy Award winner, Wooten has long been the backbone of the jazz-infused Bela Fleck and the Flecktones but worked with Clarke in the supergroup SMV. One of the most sought-after bassists in the world, Wooten also showcased his harder, edgier side while working with the metal group Nitro. Ridiculously talented on both the fretted and fretless bass, Wooten has also excelled while playing the double bass and even the cello. Truly one of the most gifted and appreciated musicians that should receive more mainstream recognition."

"While Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke were major innovators in the electric bass, Victor Wooten has been a vital pace-setter on the instrument with his virtuosic playing and his two-handed approach. From his work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones in the early '90s to his solo releases over the last seventeen years, Wooten has shown he's clearly huge force in the electric bass. His outstanding 1996 debut, A Show of Hands, is just one document of just how far Wooten can take the bass."

"You listen and think, "That guy sure plays some crashing and unpredictable things behind Miles," but then you listen closely and every note of his ride cymbal is somehow the exact same volume, like a typewriter."

"At age 17, he had a radical conception of the drums that rocked the world then and sounds as fresh today. You can tell he’s hearing the music in slow motion. He could see the forest, so to speak."

"Moog, who died in 2005, did not invent the synthesizer. Instead, “he’s the one who made it mainstream,” says Mark Ballora, professor of music technology at Penn State University. He became a celebrity, and people used “Moog” (which rhymes with “vogue”) as a synonym for electronic music."

"Wayne Shorter, who turns eighty this month, and Sonny Rollins are two of the finest saxophonists living today."

"I am one as you are three, Try to find a messiah in your trinity. Your city to burn, your city to burn, Try to look for something in your city to burn. You’ll burn.Am I as I seem? I’m down. Down, So down."

"Way down deep and in my heart Lies a soul that’s torn apart. Tell me, tell me what you’re after, I just want to get there faster."

"Could have known I would reveal. Should have known I would conceal your way."

"My daydream seems as one inside of you. Though it seems hard to reach through this life, Your blue and hopeless life. My daydream screams bitter ’til the end. The love I share, true, selfish to the heart, My heart, my sacred heart."

"Freak out and give in. Doesn't matter what you believe in. Stay cool And be somebody's fool this year. 'Cause they know Who is righteous, what is bold. So I'm told."

"I wanted more Than life could ever grant me. Bored by the chore Of saving face.Today is the greatest Day I've ever known. Can't wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long. I'll tear my heart out Before I get out."

"Faith lies in The ways of sin. I chased the charmed, But I don't want them anymore."

"Bleed in your own light, Dream of your own life. I miss me. I miss everything I’ll never be.And on and on, I torch my soul to show The world that I am pure. Deep inside my heart, No more lies."

"I used to be a little boy, So old in my shoes. And what I choose is my choice. What's a boy supposed to do? The killer in me is the killer in you, my love. I send this smile over to you."

"I'm all by myself, As I've always felt. And I'll betray my tears To anyone caught in our ruse of fools."

"So let the sadness come again, On that you can depend on me, yeah. Until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah, When God sleeps in bliss."

"We'll try and ease the pain, But somehow, we'll feel the same. Well, no one knows Where our secrets go."

"Fool enough to almost be it, And cool enough to not quite see it. And old enough to always feel this. Always old, I'll always feel this. No more promise, no more sorrow, No longer will I follow. Can anybody hear me? I just want to be me."

"What moonsongs Do you sing your babies? What sunshine do you bring? Who belongs? Who decides who's crazy? Who rights wrongs where others cling?"

"Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave Without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel."

"Emptiness is loneliness And loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness And God is empty just like me.Intoxicated with the madness, I'm in love with my sadness."

"The world is a vampire, Sent to drain. Secret destroyers Hold you up to the flames. And what do I get For my pain? Betrayed desires And a piece of the game."

"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. Someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved" Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."

"I fear that I am ordinary, Just like everyone To lie here and die among the sorrows Adrift among the days For everything I ever said And everything I've ever done is gone And dead.As all things must surely have to end And great loves will one day have to part I know that I am meant for this world."

"My life has been extraordinary, Blessed and cursed and won. Time heals but I'm forever broken By and by the way Have you ever heard the words I'm singin' in these songs? It's for the girl I've loved all along. Can a taste of love be so wrong?"

"Speak to me in a language I can hear, Humor me before I have to go. Deep in thought, I forgive everyone. As the cluttered streets greet me once again, I know I can't be late. Supper's waitin' on the table. Tomorrow's just an excuse away, So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own."

"The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk. Steeple guide me to my heart and home, The sun is out and up and down again.I know I'll make it, love can last forever Graceful swans of never topple to the earth."

"And I don't even care To shake these zipper blues. And we don't know Just where our bones will rest. To dust I guess, Forgotten and absorbed into the earth Below."

"That we don't even care, As restless as we are. We feel the pull In the land of a thousand guilts And poured cement."

"It’s you that I adore, You’ll always be my whore. You’ll be the mother to my child, And a child to my heart."

"Lovely girl, you're the murder in my world, Dressing coffins for the souls I've left to die. Drinking mercury to the mystery Of all that you should ever leave behind In time."

"I know we're just like old friends. We just can't pretend That lovers make amends.We are reasons so unreal, We can't help but feel That something has been lost."

"But please, you know you're just like me. Next time (Time), I promise we'll bePerfect, Perfect, Perfect strangers down the line, Lovers out of time. Memories unwind.So far, I still know who you are, But now (Now), I wonder who I was."

"Who am I to need you now? To ask you why? To tell you no? To deserve your love and sympathy? You were never meant to belong to me.And you may go, but I know you won’t leave. Too many years built into memories. Your life is not your own."

"You know I’m, you know I’m not dead, I’m just living in my head. Forever waiting On the ways of your desire. You always find a way And through it all Into us all you move, Forgotten touch, Forbidden thought. We can never have enough."

"You and me Meant to be. Immutable, Impossible. It’s destiny, Pure lunacy. Incalculable, Inseparable.But for the last time, You’re everything That I want and asked for. You’re all that I dream."

"Try to hold on to this heart a little bit longer. Try to hold on to this love aloud. Try to hold on, for this heart’s a little bit colder. Try to hold on to this love."

"Last chance to make believe in always and all it seems. Train wrecks hide underneath your umbrella, Set the frame destiny on this first name soliloquy. Tired symphonies play downward.Let me give the world to you my love. Let me give the world to you my love. Let me show you what I'm thinking of. Let me give the world to you my love."

"Please don’t stop, It’s lonely at the top. These lonely days, When will they ever stop? This doomsday clock ticking in my heart. Not broken.I love life every day, In each and every way. Kafka would be proud, to find out I’m certain of the end. It’s the means that has me spooked It takes an unknown truth to get out."

"We are the real, If real ever was. And just because We are the ruin Of every living soul, We are surreal 'Cause someone gave us up.Don't break the oath, I want to love you when you're happy. Don't break this oath, I want to be there when you're sad. Freeze-frame the pouring rain."

"Rise! Love is here Oh don’t make me wonder. Life’s never clear where choice is a gift To use and abuse, To build on proof. Oh don’t make me suffer. Birds find the wind and wing, Rest in the shells I’ve designed, Run through the fields I’ve denied, And stroll upon the years I’m alive.There’s a sun that shines in, There’s a world that stares out at me And all I refuse to please."

"Never let the summer catch you down. Never let your thoughts run free. Even when their numbers draw you out. Everything I want is free. ‘Til the end ‘Til the end ‘Til the end I’m gonna love you 101 percent. I’m gonna love you ‘til this ends."

"When they say What it's worth, The world tells you first. And you know Where to hurt.The world's on fire so The world's on fire so The world's on fire so Have you heard?"

"I don't mind what you're running 'Cause you and me we're just something. Don't just hang what you're running on I don't mind we're so alone."

"Find first obsessions before yourself A candlesong for where you are. You can't escape this, like someone else. Your love remains."

"Away, away foul dreams, You're gonna listen now to me. No rules, or in-betweens, You're gonna listen now to me. Waste all your time, Find another kind of boy. A feint up on the line, A phantom I don't care to hold."

"Stumbling before you speak, Stunning and stunning and stunning the black. You turn turncoat, Inward to seek out all your hopes. It's your signals That hurt me most.We’re in the middle, We’re in the middle: Ghosts."

"I feel that something ain’t right; No fear but reasons that I can’t cite.Tear down the sun, Bring down the sun. I’m not everyone. I’m not everyone. I’m not everyone."

"Whomever wants you alone, Whomever wants you atoned, It's with this prayer, I disown Whomever wants you alone."

"Fragments form the mind, Shadows hold the mist. Fractured as this wish, Shattered I resign. We're on the verge, we're on the verge Of sacred dawning and sloe-sloe eyesSay, I done told you Say how I tried too. Where you've wrought From creation's crown Say, dire warning Stare down your masters With the promise of (With the promise of) One and what you are. We're on the verge."

"So swallow hard the serpents Of many tags and faces hid in masks, Coiled 'round this lung until the last. He’ll crack your boots, young pagans 'Cause like you, I was hatched to traipse on cold And seventeen's a long drawn way from home."

"Take me away, I'm gonna find you. Take me away, I'm gonna find you. 'Cause nobody else could ever mind you. Take me away, I'm gonna find you."

"Nails to the quick Daddy died and liars lie. A bit more than sick A dash in bittersweet What's that make of me? Save a lost thing, No choice but a choice to leave.Can't you make me believe? Up where the others dare. What chance have I, what chances we? Would fight in love's affair."

"This was women’s work around the house, but I didn’t like it, so I came out when I was 13"

"The fact that I sing about love doesn’t have anything to do with my emotional life. I think I didn’t have a husband because in Cape Verde, when you have a husband, you have a child, two children, three children. Then sometimes if the man wants, he just leaves you and you have to have another man to help you, because you cannot raise those children alone. It’s hard to live like that"

"That doesn’t happen to everybody, but it’s common in Cape Verde. That’s why in Cape Verde, women are always fighting for themselves and for their children"

"Women in Cape Verde are very strong, and we have a fighting spirit."

"I’m just a simple person. I’m not hard to understand."

"I was born in a poor country. I was poor, but I lived all my life with what I had. I didn’t spend more than I had. Cape Verde is not the only place where there are poor people"

"Now I work, and I see the results of my work, so I have some money,” she says. “But I’m still the same person that I was before. I still have the same simple life. I still have the same friends"

"Life in the islands is not easy, because there are very few resources, and you could say that my life and life in the islands are related"

"I started singing in the neighborhood where I lived, just with my friends... It was just to amuse ourselves"

"In Cape Verde ... I used to sing for tourists and for the ships when they would come there"

"There was no real progress,” she acknowledged in Pulse!. “I wasn’t making any money out of it, so I just stopped"

"Because I couldn’t find anyone to help me out in Cape Verde, I had to start recording in France in 1988"

"They’re going to feel my message through my presence and my music"

"I wasn’t astonished by Europe and I was never that impressed by the speed and grandeur of modern America"

"I only regret my success has taken so long to achieve"

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"I’ve just become someone who has a whole different level of pride for my home and where I come from."

"I grew up with a love for all types of sounds and never wanted to be tied down to one."

"I want to become the new reference and the start of something new."

"When I was small, I was convinced that I was the best dancer. I never had dance classes but I would always try out all different forms of dance, from belly dancing to krumping, and now amapiano type dancing. I’m still learning but my love for dancing runs deep."

"I wanna eventually buy my parents their dream home and make sure they don’t need to work another day in their life."

"I would tell everybody that I was going to be a pop star. My parents hoped I would grow out of it, but I never did. No matter who asked me what I wanted to be, I’d always say singer. My answer never changed."

"I’m very determined. Tyla adds of her desire for further international success. If I want something, I make sure I get it. There’s a point where things become hard and you wonder if it’s going to work. But I always knew that things were going to work out eventually."

"I always know what I want and I trust [myself]. I also love collaborating and sharing other people’s ideas because everybody has something different. You never know, because initially with ‘Been Thinking’ it was a bit further into pop than I was used to, but I warmed up to it and recorded everything and it was great. That’s happened a lot where I’ve been worried or questioning certain things, but once I’ve done it I’ve ended up liking it, so I’m open to learning."

"I love it — it’s what I wanted. I’m super-proud of myself. I know this is the time when I’m just starting, but I know that it’s also the time when I have to really work because I want to make my home proud. It’s a lot to put on your shoulders, but that’s what I want. I really want eyes on all African artists in general, because we need more attention."

"I have always been a big dreamer, but obviously my parents and family will tell me to be realistic. It’s very rare that we get these opportunities in SA. Growing up, I used to watch a lot of Michael Jackson and Rihanna concerts; I loved it and wanted to do that. We are very close as a family and they are so proud, they get excited and it’s a whole celebration."

"They didn’t want me to be disappointed if things didn’t go my way. But I was so adamant. I was going to make it happen no matter what."

"With the vaccines available now, things are starting to improve. The confinement is ending. Bars can be open outside in the open air, but not inside yet. I think in another six months we will be back to normal."

"The messages are messages of hope. That is the new energy that I want to put out. Anyone who listens to this album will sense that it is about movement. That is what I told Tam. I want people to dance. And we started with that. I wanted people to feel the African origin, but also a little bit of electro and Afro, but the most important thing was that the people dance."

"Yes it's been a very difficult year. We haven't been able to do anything public. But it has allowed me to concentrate on this album, Couleur. And the next album too. Because I had the time to compose, I'm already working on the next one, and I have a lot of material."

"The album ‘Zouzou’ continues the tradition of featuring Ivory Coast artists in my albums. It’s mostly composed and arranged in the Ivory Coast by Dr. Wang, a young producer who worked with Malian R&B star Aya Nakamura. So, it’s a more modern, urban album that I plan to release in February 2024"

"For me, every new album feels like a fresh beginning. It’s a new Dobet, a new story. I’m continuously growing and evolving in my music, infusing it with my emotions and experiences."

"I take traditional rhythms and blend them with electronic instruments on my computer. For example, when I travel, I listen to all kinds of music. Now, I like listening to urban music. But urban music from Africa originates from traditional music. Only the instruments, the choice of electronic instruments, change. But the sound, the rhythm, remains the same."

"La Scala is the lover who made me despair the most"

"They ask me what my secret is. My secret is very simple: it consists in having the music performed, note by note, as the author wrote it."

"[While witnessing Cantelli conduct for the first time] That's me!"

"[After hearing Marian Anderson perform] What I heard today one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years."

"Everyone here is celebrating me—everyone is raving about me! […] Tonight I have my first concert. It's useless for me to say it, but you can imagine how nervous I am... I'm the eternal beginner. Perhaps the only person who doesn't hold myself in esteem..."

"Every rehearsal is like a concert, and every concert like a debut."

"Qui finisce l'opera, perché a questo punto il maestro è morto."

"I feel the necessity to tell you for once how much I admire and honor you. You are not only the unmatchable interpreter of the world’s musical literature [...] In the fight against the fascist criminals, too, you have shown yourself to be a man of greatest dignity [...] The fact that such a contemporary exists balances many of the delusions one must continually experience from the species minorum gentium."

"1909, the Edwardian golden days. Genteel civilization had come to England, the continent, and the eastern United States. New York rivaled London and Paris as one of the great metropolises of the world. Albert Einstein had expounded his theory of relativity back in 1905, and science had brought us the wonders of the modern world. Culture and refinement had arrived on the east coast of America. Caruso was singing Pagliacci at the Met. Arturo Toscanini was conducting. The Barrymores were performing and a Ziegfeld girl was the rage."

"He was a great conductor, a true "servant" of music, he was the one who taught us to respect the scores, but he was also a great man, who never used music for self-interest... He was one of the three artists who radically changed the history of musical interpretation. The other two great names are Liszt, for his way of playing the piano, and Paganini for his revolutionary way of playing the violin."

"My dear Maestro, my great friend, come to Fiume d'Italia, if you can. Here today is the most resonant air in the world. And the soul of the people is as symphonic as your orchestra. The Legionaries await the Fighter who once led the warrior chorus."

"Look at him. He is one of your kind, gaunt like you. His head is carved in hard bone, between chin and forehead, with those deep hollows that form between ear and nose when he clenches his lips and jaw, with that frown that brings to mind the wild gaze of a swan beneath the swelling of its beak, with that neck that energy dilates as if to fill it with unspoken commands. Look at him. Look at his hand holding the scepter. His scepter is a wand as light as an elder rod; and it raises the great waves of the orchestra, releases the great torrents of harmony, opens the cataracts of the great river, digs the forces from the depths and carries them to the summit, restrains the tumults and reduces them to whispers, creates light and shadow, creates serenity and storm, creates mourning and jubilation… Who is he then? He is a Chief as I am a Chief, O my people."

"[Arturo Toscanini is] the greatest conductor in the world."

"[Upon learning of the beating of Toscanini by a group of Fascist Blackshirts] I am really happy. It will teach a good lesson to these boorish musicians."

"Every conductor–even those who, like me, were born in Britain and raised in the United States–must sooner or later confront the ghost of Arturo Toscanini."

"He projected the figure of the conductor beyond the stage. Every legend has a surplus, an excess of image. However, when he conducted, he was spare, he knew how to extract the essence from a score without adding any artifice."

"When Toscanini conducted, it was like fate striking, infallible, inexorable. His innate sense of rhythm, his memory, were prodigious. Operas and concerts, he conducted them all from memory, without a score."

"Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime, But old dogs and children and watermelon wine."

"Yes, a monkey was the President, though maybe not the first And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe."

"I love coffee in a cup, Little fuzzy pups, Bourbon in a glass, And grass."

"I love winners when they cry, Losers when they try."

"It's faster horses Younger women Older whiskey More money."

"Whiskey's too rough Champagne costs too much Vodka puts my mouth in gear This little refrain Should help me explain As a matter of fact I like beer (He likes beer)."

"I'd like to get lost on some old back road, Find a shade tree and a honey hole. And talk to my grandpa again. And I see God in everything: The trees and pain and nights in the spring. So why do I still long for a home?"

"So let me go down the line, Let me feel it all, joy, pain, and sky. So let me go down the line, We all burn, burn, burn, and die."

"Give me my dawns back 'Cause everything that dies makes its way on back. I lost her last July in a heart attack. I need one small victory."

"We're laying on the roof of my car, Feelin' young, feelin' numb, feelin' starved Of all the things that a moment can be. This one's best kept a memory, The purest parts of my heart are you and me."

"You won't find no answers safe at home, You can't learn heartbreak from a poem. And every hard time, song rhyme, friend you've got, You'll have, with Heaven on top. You'll have, with Heaven on top."

"Well, the love that you got Is the love that I need. It's in the air of these hills And the blood that I bleed. And the love that you gave For the awful shape I'm in Led me through the day So I can find my hope again."

"I'm movin' at God speed. Only God and my mama know what I need. And I feel the hardwood floors on my knees, As I beg you just to take it easy on me. I'm movin' at God speed."

"Sweet DeAnn, I miss you so, And your words go where I go. The reasons? I don't know, But I'll sing 'em loud and slow. So you can hear me from the Heavens And you can draw my thunder down. I miss havin' you around, But in my heart, you're always found."

"Come as you are, however broken, And we will see if we can make you whole again. Come as you are, with your heart wide open; The bridges that you've burned, they are still there, just floatin'."

"You don't have to drink tonight. Why don’t we just get some sleep? 'Cause I'm tired of cryin’ in driveways As you slur the words you speak. I know growin' up Has been an evil thing to you. Makes you awfully hard to love From a lover's point of view."

"'Cause from where I'm standin’, You got a long climb ahead. I'll be there to wipe the vomit When you cannot lift your head. 'Cause a lover doesn't leave When times like these get dark. I'll be there to watch the sunrise When we reclaim your heart."

"Was a boy who was a dreamer and he flew so high and proud In a world full of people out to cut his young ass down. No one ever understood a single word he said; They cast him to the wolves when he wasn't well and fed.But, boys, we've got a riser, a riser in our midst, And he will get the last laugh if it's the last thing he did. And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud, But now he's skippin' town and that dreamer's out for blood."

"Until the leaving leaves this house, no, we ain't going out 'Til I make some promises that I can't keep. And I wish I could explain how the toxins in my brain Get me so damn down sometimes I can't speak And you'll try to understand why I can't be a better man, But it's hard when I'm yelling at you in the street. So if leaving comes to staying and you walk yourself away, Leave knowing that no one could love you more than me."

"We're having an all-night revival, Someone call the women and someone steal the Bible. For the sake of my survival, Baptize me in a bottle of Beam, put Johnny on the vinyl."

"And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't, 'Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won't. But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun, Somethin' in the orange tells me we're not done."

"To you, I'm just a man; to me, you're all I am. Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, somethin' in the orange Tells mе you're never comin' homе. If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way. The orange touches all things around. The grass, trees, and dew, how I just hate you, Please turn those headlights around."

"And I recall what she said, That she wanted me dead. There ain't no grave deep enough. Remember all the nights we had. You said it ain't so bad. Just keep those heavy eyes lookin' up."

"You are mine again, Every mistake that you made. All the people that you saved took a little piece of you with them. And you are mine again, And I'm so damn glad you're here, Talkin' strong, sober, and clear like you couldn't back then."

"Them damn cold vampires been keeping me awake, Tryna build an empire of the things that they can take. Don't let 'em steal your hope, child, and turn it something green. Damn you and damn all your ties to this machine, Ties to this machine."

"But if you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride Back to this side of Oklahoma City, There'll be a porch light on from the post you leaned on 'Fore you wound up on the wrong side of pity. And often times I pray for you and often times I don't. Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos? Won't stay for long 'cause you won't stop your runnin'. Wait for tomorrow 'til tomorrow's not comin'."

"I don’t recall what you were wearing on the first night we met Besides the subtle cloud around you from my last cigarette. And you come from a good place with a happy family, The only bad you've ever done was to see the good in me.'Cause I’ve been livin', waitin' on the day That the good Lord willin', sends you out my way. I'vе seen hard times, bad luck, all that in-between, Sweetest of thе sunflowers, how you're the sun to me."

"The way the grass smells at night and you got flames all in your eyes, As they reflect the sparkler and you say we'll never die. Grab me by the hands, just as callused as I am and say you're proud."

"Today, I'll hold my head up high Knowing someday, comes one day at a time. Today, there's a sun setting soon as suppers warm. Today, I've got someday on my mind."

"There is concrete below me and a sky above so blue. I'm finally leaving Austin and I wish it was with you. I am just a sickness and you seem to be the cure. How much can a southern girl honestly endure? Remember northwest mountains, they were snow-capped in June, You were napping on my arms on a Sunday afternoon. But, babe, I've gotta heal myself from the things I've never felt, Repression is my heaven but I'd rather go through hell."

"So open the gates I'm here to prove I'm better than my father was and where he came from, too. Open the gates I'm here to ride To Hell I Go with daddy by my side."

"It's a motorcycle drive by, baby, dry your kind eyes, I think it's about time we headed home. Walkin' on such tight rope with my damn high hopes That country boys don't die alone."

"She's an Oklahoma smokeshow, He's an asshole from back home. She'll never make it out alive Of that small-town bar scene Where small vices kill your big dreams. He'd take you home, but he's too drunk to drive.I've been here, I've been up all night Thinkin' 'bout a life with you and I, One you'll never know 'Cause you're a small-town smokeshow."

"So don't call in the mornin' 'cause I'll already be gone. Oklahoma in the summertime's where my country ass belongs. Love is patient, love is kind, should not make you lose your mind. Thеre's got to be more to this than bеin' pissed off all the time, All the time."

"I've learned that every waking moment is enough and еxcess never lеads to better things, it only piles and piles atop the things that are already abundantly in front of you like breathing and chasing and slow dancing and love making, fighting and laughing."

"I do not and will not fear tomorrow because I feel as though today has been enough."

"And I think fear and Fridays got an awful lot in common, they're overdone and glorified and always leave you wantin'."

"Well, I've had cold and humid mornings on city streets and back porches, But I ain’t never breathed a breath as fresh as you. And I've seen children playin' on the coastlines under the white lines, atop the blue tides, But I ain’t ever been baptized in water as cool as you."

"He said the sun's gonna rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow. You better pack your bags west, Stick out your chest And then hit the road. The sun's gonna rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow. Don't give it a reason to follow. Let it be, then let it go. Let it be, then let it go."

"So take me down a road that's a little bit windy To a place they still put sugar in their iced tea, Where the women are fine and the love is fair. Hey, driver, you can drop me off anywhere. Hey, driver, you can drop me off anywhere."

"I got a fear, dear, that it's gonna end Won't you get angry at me, say you love me again? I got a fear dear, that it's a Friday spark You only love me like you mean it when it's after dark."

"I'm cuttin' ties with things that bind my heart to this world. I love you and I'm willin' but I cannot keep you, girl. Philly by the morning and Ohio by the night, The thing about a long rope is you can't hold on too tight.Wooden floors and coffee cups, Stepped on and all used up. But I reckon that's what mornings are for. And everyone thinks they know me now In these close-minded leave-me towns, But I'm too young to even know myself."

"Did you ever make it back to El Dorado? I'd call and ask, but hell if I know If I still got your number or if you care. You moved away when you was younger. Was it escape or was it hunger?"

"Rotgut whiskey's gonna ease my mind, Beach towel rests on the dryin' line. Do I remind you of your daddy in his '88 Ford? Labrador hangin' out the passenger door."

"A cold shoulder at closing time, You were bеggin' me to stay 'til the sun rose. Strangе words come on out Of a grown man's mouth when his mind's broke. Pictures and passin' time, You only smile like that when you're drinkin'. I wish I didn't, but I do Remember every moment on the nights with you."

"I bandage up your body and your bones and your bad days too, Take care of the blood that your love runs through. I know all the damage that some days in this dark world does, You were laughin' last evenin' at somethin’ I dreamed of."

"I ain't spotless, neither is you. For once in my life, I'm gonna see it through. If you want spotless, I'll always losе, I don't want love, lover, I want the truth."

"There ain't no love a boy can find, You'll feel her in a room if you was blind. There ain't a thing a man can do, She'll only love you for you."

"My father is a bettin’ man, But I got myself a steady hand. He's sittin' in the corner with a six-pack of Corona, Bettin' that his son'll win again."

"Don't come back, lover, I'm proud you're under the skyline. We always knew you were the better half of our good times. Those backyard lights don't shine as bright without your face, Out at Sarah's place."

"You took a train to the south side of Boston. You showed me where your old man stayed. Took twenty-eight years of blood I was lost in To feel loved on my own birthday. And I always felt like I's in between somethin' Like home and somewhere far away. But tonight on the west side in a bar out in Brooklyn I saw tears outline your face.How lucky are we? It's been a hell of a week, but you're all grown now. There's smoke seepin' out of your bloody teeth But you're home somehow."

"But love's gonna bring you home, Even God didn't see it comin'. But no matter where you're at, We'll always find the way back."

"So don't get hateful, Lord, hot damn There's a fire burnin' in the back forty. I'm still findin' out who the hell I am. And I'm so tired of wastin' it away, Gonna find the time to realize I’m in deep on better days."

"Take a trip uptown to clear you out of my mind You're like sandpaper; the more I try, you bind. Winter was a drag and spring was a friend. I'll love you 'til the summer comes back again. And they've been tryin' to smooth me out For twenty-seven seasons now.For twenty-seven seasons."

"The kids are in town for a funeral. So pack the car and dry your eyes. I know they got plenty of young blood left in 'em And plenty nights under pink skies you taught 'em to enjoy."

"All of seventeen, eyes a purple green; Treated like a queen, she was on borrowed self-esteem."

"Hands all over the coastal waters. The crew men thank her, then lay down their oily blanket. Hands all over the inland forest, In a striking motion, trees fall down like dying soldiers. Yeah, like dying soldiers."

"If you've got some time to kill, Slow resistance wins the war. Well, I know, yeah, but that's no way to go, You can't resist the louder pull."

"You don't get nothing for free, Kev and me were two of three. Three brothers to the end. Then one went full on Kevin's mom now things have changed."

"Oh, you wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails. Yeah, you tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil.But I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run."

"Show me the power, child, I'd like to say That I'm down on my knees today. Yeah, it gives me the butterflies, gives me away, 'Til I'm up on my feet again. I'm feelin' Oh, I'm feelin' outshined, outshined, outshined, outshined."

"And you stare at me In your Jesus Christ pose: Arms held out, Like you've been carrying a load. And you swear to me You don't want to be my slave, But you're staring at me Like ILike I need to be Saved."

"Listen, hear, he is inside, One who lives while others lie. I close my eyes and walk a thousand years, A thousand years that aren't mine. Hey."

"So give up to greed, you don't have to feed me, yeah Give up to fate, you don't have to need me So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go Won't you let it, drown me in you, yeah?"

"Take if you want a slice If you want a piece, If it feels right. Break if you like the sound, If it gets you up, If it takes you down. Share if it makes you sleep, If it sets you free, If it helps you breathe."

"Whatsoever I feared has come to life And whatsoever I've fought off became my life Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile Sunspots have faded, now I'm doin' time, now I'm doin' time.'Cause I fell on black days I fell on black days."

"In my eyes, indisposed, In disguises no one knows Hides the face, lies the snake, In the sun in my disgrace. Boiling heat, summer stench, 'Neath the black, the sky looks dead Call my name through the cream And I'll hear you scream again.Black hole sun, won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won't you come? Won't you come? Won't you come?"

"Feel the rhythm with your hands (Steal the rhythm while you can) Spoonman Speak the rhythm on your own (Speak the rhythm all alone) SpoonmanSpoonman, come together with your hands, Save me, I'm together with your plan. Save me, yeah."

"I woke the same as any other day, Except a voice was in my head. It said, "Seize the day, pull the trigger. Drop the blade and watch the rolling heads."The day I tried to live I stole a thousand beggars' change And gave it to the rich, yeah. The day I tried to win, I dangled from the power lines And let the martyrs stretch, yeah."

"I caught the moon today, Pick it up and throw it away, alright. I got the perfect steal, A cleaner love with a dirty feel, alright. Fallout and take the bait, Eat the fruit and kiss the snake goodnight.Common ruse, dirty face, Pretty noose is pretty hate."

"Nothing seems to kill me, No matter how hard I try. Nothing's closing my eyes. Nothing can beat me down for your pain or delight. No."

"Follow me into the desert, as thirsty as you are, Crack a smile and cut your mouth and drown in alcohol. 'Cause down below the truth is lying beneath the riverbed So quench yourself and drink the water that flows below her head.Oh no, there she goes Out in the sunshine Sun is mine, sun is mine.I shot my love today, would you cry for me? I lost my head again, would you lie for me?"

"You can't go home, no, I swear you never can. You can walk a million miles and get nowhere. I got nowhere to go ever since I came back Just filling in the lines from the holes to the cracks Yeah!No one knows me No one saves me No one loves or hates me.I've been away for too long."

"I'm addicted to feeling. Stealing love isn't stealing. Can't you see that I understand your mind?I'm a walking believer, I'm a ghost and a healer. I'm the shape of the hole inside your heart!"

"Though I can't put my hands on you, I can feel you now In the bones and the blood flowing, needles on the ground. In the ether I sail to you, floating on the fumes, Run aground on the shore for you, simple wreckage.Taree, walk out and raise the road To my tilted shadow. I only know I've made it home When I drown in your ghost light."

"Once upon a time I could control myself, Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah."

"Freezin', Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again. Oh, feelin', Maybe he'll see a little better set of days, ooh, yeah. Oh, hand out, Faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, ooh, yeah. Oh, dark grin, He can't help, when he's happy he looks insane, hm, yeah.Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies. Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away (Ooh) Oh, someday yet, he'll begin his life again Life again, life again."

""Is something wrong?" she said, well of course there is. "You're still alive," she said, oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so who answers? Who answers?I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, I, hey, I'm still alive."

"Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay Her lace spread out before me, as her body once did. All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the Earth to the Sun. Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.Ooh-oh, and all I taught her was everything. Mmm, oh, I know she gave me all that she wore.And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything All the pictures have all been washed in black, Tattooed everything."

"At home, drawin' pictures of mountain tops With him on top, lemon yellow sun Arms raised in a "V" And the dead lay in pools of maroon below.Daddy didn't give attention Oh, to the fact that Mommy didn't care King Jeremy the wicked Oh, ruled his world.Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today."

"You don't have to stray Though oceans away, waves roll in my thoughts. Hold tight the ring, The sea will rise, please stand by the shore."

"Once fastened, servile, now you're gettin' sharp, Movin' oh-so swiftly with such disarm. I pulled the covers over him, shoulda pulled the alarm, Turned to my nemesis, a fool, not a fucking god."

"Torture from you to me, yeah, Abducted from the street, and, uhI'd rather be, I'd rather be with, I'd rather be with an animal, oohh."

"Alone, listless, Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. Young girl, violence, Center of her own attention, the Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it, Tries to make her proud. The shades go down, it's in her head, Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong.Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call meShe holds the hand that holds her down. She will rise above!"

"Got a gun, fact I got two. That's okay, man, 'cause I love God. Glorified version of a pellet gun; Feel so manly when armed."

"When she couldn't hold, oh, she folded. A dissident is here. Escape is never the safest path, oh, A dissident's-, a dissident is here."

"I took a drive today, time to emancipate. I guess it was the beatings made me wise, But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize.I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down, Hand on my face, pushed to the ground. Enmity gauged, united by fear, Forced to endure what I could not forgive.I seem to look away, the wounds in the mirror waved It wasn't my surface most defiled."

"I seem to recognize your face, Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it. Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name Lifetimes are catchin' up with meAll these changes takin' place, I wish I'd seen the place, But no one's ever taken me.Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away. Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away."

"I swear I recognize your breath Memories, like fingerprints, are slowly raisin' Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf.I changed by not changin' at all. Small town predicts my fate Perhaps that's what no one wants to seeI just wanna scream, "Hello! My God, it's been so long! Never dreamed you'd return But now here you are, and here I am." Hearts and thoughts, they fade away."

"Restless soul, enjoy your youth, Like Muhammad hits the truth. Can't escape from the common rule, If you hate something, don't you do it too (Too)."

"Little secrets, tremors, Turned to quake. The smallest oceans still get Big, big waves, yeah."

"Once divided, nothing left to subtract, Some words when spoken can't be taken back. Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinkin', Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinkin'.Caught a bolt of lightning, Cursed the day he let it go.Nothingman, nothingman. Isn't it something? Nothingman."

"The waiting drove me mad. You're finally here, and I'm a mess. I take your entrance back; Can't let you roam inside my head.I don't wanna take what you can give. I would rather starve than eat your bread. I would rather run, but I can't walk. Guess I'll lie alone just like before."

"Waitin', watchin' the clock, It's four o'clock, it's got to stop. Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech. As he opens the door, she rolls over, Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.She lies and says she's in love with him. Can't find a better man. She dreams in color, she dreams in red. Can't find a better man. Can't find a better man, can't find a better man."

"Vacate is the word Vengeance has no place so near to her. Cannot find the comfort in this world Artificial tear Vessel stabbed, next up, volunteers? Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere.A truant finds home, And a wish to hold on, But there's a trapdoor in the sun."

"Drag is like a spa for my soul."

"We want liberty, justice and freedom for all. When you do that, that’s when I’ll come."

"I encourage people to use your critical thinking skills, use your vote – vote small, vote for what’s going on in your city."

"It’s awesome to say no to things, even though they’re offering a lot of money. I have the power to say no."

"I was so desperate to feel understood"

"I pushed down the gay part of myself so deep because I was like, that can’t possibly be me."

"It's weird how people think that you know a person just because you see them online and you listen to the art they make."

"I know that I stand on the shoulders of the women in the industry that came before me, and my shoulders are broad enough to have the women that come after me to stand on mine … the little kid in me still believes that rock n’ roll can save the world."

"I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn't know it's there. In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts."

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

"Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It's the perfect mummers' home. If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there."

"[I have a face that would] stop a sundial and frighten small children into fits."

"I have a face like the behind of an elephant."

"Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting."

"It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant, I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh."

"All his tough talk is a blind, you know. He's a literate, gracious, kind man, with wonderful manners, and he speaks beautifully — when he wants to."

"I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today, 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land"

"Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess."

"I’m not gonna say I peed my pants because that sounds really graphic and maybe not sanitary, but I think it really just caught me off guard. It was very much a childhood dream come true. I still probably have not processed it if I’m being completely honest."

"I love when artists write sad songs and they have a sense of humor to them because it’s just up my alley."

"I believe in divine timing, I always have. There are moments in everyone's life where the stars align, but it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't spent years working hard—not for the things happening now, but to stay true to my own voice and be excited about what I'm creating. I had to fight off many voices, opinions, and people controlling me when I was younger, whether in music or acting, because I was a child coming into this."

"I do think that men have been a super entertaining species to watch, in positive and negative ways. I feel really adored, inspired, and loved by some of them… and really confused, attacked, and ridiculed by others. When one of my female friends announces that she’s having a son, I just rejoice for that young boy. Because I know he’s going to be raised right. Correct me if I’m wrong, I’ve only been on Earth for 26 years, but I feel like we’ve always kind of had to train them. Unfortunately, it’s a tale as old as time."

"The mother has a daughter Who gets married to the brother of the mother. And they all just tryna multiply with one another. Cause that's just the way of the world. It never ends till the end then you start again. That's just the way of the world, that's just the way of the world."

"Now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh Is it that sweet? I guess so Say you can't sleep, baby, I know That's that me espressoMove it up, down, left, right, oh Switch it up like Nintendo Say you can't sleep, baby, I know That's that me espresso"

"Please, please, please don't prove I'm right And please, please, please Don't bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker, ah Please, please, please (ah)"