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"Singing your own songs is all about individual expression."
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"What can you do to ensure that your voice value translates into impression value?"

"Art is a distinct form of human communication. Art interprets experience, sensation, and feelings. An artistic work translates our mental images and allows other people to understand what we feel; art conveys our happiness, sadness, hopes, doubts, anxieties, fears, desires, and ineffable longings."

"Heaven resonates when one sings wholeheartedly."

"You won't write, won't ya??I just focus on the negative!"

"There are things known-things experienced, felt, and understood-that words hold no power to convey. Attempting to do so only dilutes their substance and does them injustice."

"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent."

"Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are."

"Snooty knew measly talked muchly."

"If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs."

"Find a voice in a whisper."
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"I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs."

"Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music."

"I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to."

"You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you."

"I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say."

"It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost."
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