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Amy Ray Quotes

I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.

Amy Ray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 12, 1964

Topics

Writing Think Musicians Play Solo

I enjoy life, and I think that's important. Life is so fragile and so fleeting, and it's over in a minute, and you've just got to grab it and do everything and not worry about it.

Jerry Hall

Life Enjoy Life Think Worry Enjoy

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

John Cheever

Remember Way Exit I Remember Heading

It's the aspirations that capitalism is promoting as beautiful, positive attributes that are dangerous. All that is in the bedrooms of the poor and in the villages of the Third World, and it's like a cruel carrot that's being waved in front of people's noses. It's a seduction, an unattainable dream.

John Hillcoat

Positive Beautiful People World Poor

I do admit that I've never been one to fit in easily to any given pattern. It's not my choice. It's just the way I am. So if the characters I wind up playing are all a bit different, it must be because that's the way I like it. Anna Kendrick is different, and she's going to stay that way.

Anna Kendrick

I Am Wind Choice Admit Way Never

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

Angelina Jolie

Happy Me World Place Kid Up

When I was younger, I was a little bit fat. I wasn't, like, big-time fat; I was just overweight - maybe around when I was 13 or 14. At that time, I wasn't practicing that much; tennis was just a hobby. But it wasn't easy to feel that way.

Stan Wawrinka

Time Feel Fat Hobby Easy Way

When you're surrounded by majestic Norwegian nature, it's very easy to start thinking about stuff you don't have time to in everyday life.

Sigrid

Life Nature Time Start Thinking You

I've always said that climate change is the defining issue of our generation. I've set out to hold candidates and elected officials accountable and to push our democracy to truly represent the interests of our kids.

Tom Steyer

Change Democracy Generation Push Out

I must confess that I lead a miserable life. For almost two years, I have ceased to attend any social functions, just because I find it impossible to say to people, 'I am deaf.' If I had any other profession, I might be able to cope with my infirmity; but in my profession, it is a terrible handicap.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Life I Am People Impossible Find

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

Clara Hughes

Yourself You Dream Anything Olympic

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.

Brian Eno

Music Earth Now Editing Become Out

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

Anne Rice

World Mediocrity More Need Any Bets