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Kim Gordon Quotes

I never really thought of myself as a musician. I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way, it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 28, 1953

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Myself Culture Me Youth Saying Way

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

Family Myself Parents Me Feel Year

My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.

Father Business Culture Parents Line

They talk most who have the least to say.

Say Talk Who Most Least

No one should have to live in fear.

Jeff Fortenberry

Fear Live Should

You must never underestimate your opposition.

You Underestimate Never Opposition

If a man say, 'I love God,' and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

John the Apostle

Love God Man Liar Brother Say

The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it was an emotional and powerful moment for me.

Roger Ross Williams

Journey Moment Me End Long Powerful

In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, God comes at the end of this long process. This may not happen in our lifetimes or even in the lifetime of our species.

Martin Seligman

God Knowledge History Religion End

I was a huge rereader, so I've read all the Chronicles of Narnia, at minimum, 13 times each. In reading that series, I realized that someone had written those books, and that was that person's job. And I thought, 'That is the job for me. That is the job I'm going to have when I grow up.'

Lisa Papademetriou

Job Me Reading Thought Grow Someone

It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought Ray Brown to hear me sing at a restaurant in my hometown.

Me Restaurant Hometown Drummer Years

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Arthur Eddington

Pure Proof Idol Whom Himself Before

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

Think Situation Athlete More Never

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