"Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there."

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"Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there."

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"There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe."

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"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."

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"I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances."

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"As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs."

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"I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that."

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"I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally."

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"I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year."

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"I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone."

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"I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company."

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"I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference."

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Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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Voltaire, French Writer

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"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"The beauty of one's life would never seize to fade away the moment hate settles in one's heart."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

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"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

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"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."

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"My heart want to feel the touch.Feel the eternal love so much."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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