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"I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive."
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"A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."
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"When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."
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"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."
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"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."
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"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."
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"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
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"I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs."
Dream
"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."
Fun
"I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart."
Poetry
"I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way."
Politics
"I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live."
Feelings
"I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive."
Mother
"I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable."
People
"I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation."
Internet
"I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written."
May
"I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply indebted to them for giving me the chance to sing my concerts, make records, and do what I love. Whatever people call it, it is great to have a voice!"
Love
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