I'm going to be shaking my booty when I'm 55.
From Natalie Merchant
Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.
Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.
I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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