American - Musician | June 6, 1949 -
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'.
Holly Near
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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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When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained.
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I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.
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Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
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Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself.
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It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.
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