Loreena McKennitt quotes
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“Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil.”
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“For all things turn to barenness In the dim glass the demons hold The glass of outer weariness Made when God slept in times of old”
-- Loreena McKennittSource : Song: Ce Hé Mise le Ulaingt
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“Please remember me...”
-- Loreena McKennittSource : Song: Dante's Prayer
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“I'm not prepared to sacrifice my being engaged in the world for just any relationship.”
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“I can see lights in the distance trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing a waltz on All Souls Night.”
-- Loreena McKennittSource : Song: All Souls Night
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“So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up on a train across Siberia. The journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder.”
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“I have come to use the pan-Celtic history, which spans from 500 BC to the present, as a creative springboard. The music I am creating is a result of traveling down that road and picking up all manner of themes and influences, which may or may not be overtly Celtic in nature.”
-- Loreena McKennittSource : Website notes to "The Mask And Mirror" on official site, loreenamckennitt.com.
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“To be a catalyst is one of my life's objectives. I've been inspired by many people who in turn have been catalysts. It's very interesting to see the waves of interest come and go in Celtic territory. If I can be a catalyst for other people, that's wonderful.”
-- Loreena McKennittSource : "Times of Discovery". Interview with Anil Prasad, www.innerviews.org. 1991.
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“Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.”
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“Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.”
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Source : Andrew Solomon (2014). “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression”, p.129, Simon and Schuster
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“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”
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