Sharon Van Etten Quotes

There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's.

Sharon Van Etten

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PeopleWritingMemorableMy OwnOwn

You don't need to exorcise your personal demons onstage.

Jimmy Kimmel

DemonsYouPersonalNeedYour

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave.

Anatole Broyard

LoveLooking BackWaitLookingBack

Life got very good - we went from living in a one-bedroom apartment to a five-bedroom mansion by the time I was in high school. I had everything I wanted growing up, though all I wanted was music stuff - drums, a PC, turntables.

Anderson Paak

LifeGoodMusicTimeSchoolLiving

Globalisation, for me, seems to be not first-order harm, and I find it very hard not to think about the billion people who have been dragged out of poverty as a result.

Angus Deaton

PeopleMeThinkPovertyResultFind

It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine.

Tom Douglas

ImportantCleanOysterYourPristine

Well-written plays deserve to be learned from and understood properly, both by actors and audiences alike, and Rattigan's very human characters help us do that.

Roger Rees

HelpDeserveHumanAlikeUsLearned

So I have, like, more than a 100 cousins all over the world now.

Joseph Parker

WorldNowMoreCousinsOverLike

I really have been dancing my whole life.

JoJo Siwa

LifeDancingWholeBeenReally

It's a long process transitioning from indie to mainstream, and it's not that easy because it's a different environment when you are in the indie industry.

Coco Martin

ProcessEnvironmentLongEasyYou

My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'.

Alicia Silverstone

MyselfDatingMeThinkPrincess

Invoking Nature always measures the distance we have yet to travel to achieve real progress on environmental issues.

Timothy Morton

NatureProgressTravelEnvironmental

Not only is writing more important than ever, but visual literacy is vital. We don't teach enough design, art, visual things. We have to recognize what we're seeing. It matters if you send someone a cluttered design. It matters more than ever.

Marissa Moss

ArtWritingDesignSomeoneEnough

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