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"Melancholy is no bad thing."
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"The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's."
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"Before the house-maid had lit the fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over the cold, gloomy morning in January, Marianne, only half dressed, was kneeling against one of the window-seats for the sake of all the little light she could command from it, and writing as fast as a continual flow of tears would permit her."
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"Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here."
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"Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy."
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"I'm so involved in melancholy."
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"The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument."
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"My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. How long were the September days! How silent, how lifeless!"
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"Do tears not yet spilledwait in small lakes?Or are they invisible riversthat run toward sadness?"
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"I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go."
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"Diabetes is caused by melancholy."
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"I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform."
Help

"I think I'm a focus for international attention."
Attention

"I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back."
Change

"Intellectually I'm probably a Republican."
Republican

"One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like."
Success

"I don't like singing before noon."
Singing

"I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil."
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"I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with."
People

"I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home."
Home

"I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap."
Music
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