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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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"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."
"All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals."
"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation."
"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."
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"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."
"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."
"To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner."
"To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'."
"My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies."
"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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