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"Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music."
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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."
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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."
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"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."
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"I listen to music constantly while writing."
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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."
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"Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't."
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"No, because I was always nervous about being onstage."
Being
"I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing."
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"Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music."
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"Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic."
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"We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure."
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"I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack."
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"No, because I've never really changed my style that much."
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"You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new."
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"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."
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