If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.
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When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained.Holly Near
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Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
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Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
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