Anna Torv Quotes

My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always 'Out of the house!' There was no watching television on weekends.

Anna Torv

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MomFreeForestFriendsEarlyHouse

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

Joan Armatrading

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I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't.

Jesmyn Ward

CommunityPeopleFeelKnowKindUp

They were very supportive parents in all my endeavors. They have very different approaches on how they give advice.

John David Washington

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There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.

Robert H. Schuller

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Failure was not an option for me.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

FailureMeOption

Whatever the raw material, the material itself is unimportant until it's catalyzed by emotional fervor. So in the ideal exchange between me and my listeners, they wouldn't 'figure out' my music. They would feel their pulse racing and the hair standing up on the backs of their necks.

Steven Stucky

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With writing, I need a lot of time to sit around and do nothing. But now that I have kids, I just don't have that luxury. I have a babysitter for three hours a day, which is how long I have to write.

Sofia Coppola

TimeDayWritingLuxuryLongThree

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this.

Tom Colicchio

YouKnowNowHip-HopNothingStage

Mostly everything I've ever sung comes from a personal place.

Luke James

PlacePersonalEverythingEverSung

The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different.

Jonathan Sacks

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I don't exactly fit well in leather pants, so I don't rock that look. I lost my hair a long time ago, so no hair-metal look, either. I had hair down to my belly button at one point, but I think that was the '90s.

Brian Posehn

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Soul music is timeless.

Alicia Keys

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