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"Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

Idea, Delight, Excitement

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"Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme."

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"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"He looked at the silver pocketknife in his hand. An idea came to him " possibly the stupidest, craziest idea he'd had since he thought, Hey, I'll get Percy to swim in the River Styx! He'll love me for that!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Idea, Humor, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"They're trying to beat out this movie, the Ring, which is a similar idea. Our movie is about a website you visit and die in three days. Their movie is about a videotape you watch - and die in three days."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

Idea, Trying, Visit

"If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good."

Dave Foley, Canadian Comedian

Idea, Dedication

"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us."

Ed O'Brien, English Musician

Idea, Managers, Songs

"Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Power, Truth, Inspirational

"So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Idea, Chance, Partnership

"The real battlefield is the realm of ideas."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

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"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

"You should listen to a lot of different music."

"The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it."

"Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested in seeing how the songs did on their own."

"The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words."

"I started playing harp about fourteen years ago."

"I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs."

"I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references."

"I have writing songs on my own for about six years."

"I would happy for someone to download my music."

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