Laura Nyro quotes
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“There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to be. You can write the simplest song, and that's lovely, or you can just write a song that is abstract art. ... A lot of my songs are very serious, I'm like dead serious about certain things and I feel that I'm writing about the world, through my own eyes. ... I have a love for simple basic song structure, although sometimes you'd never know it. ... Most of the songs I wrote at night. I would just wake in the middle of the night. That's when I found the space to write.”
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“As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.”
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“All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there... I think of it as my serious playground.”
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“My troubles are many They're deep as a well I swear there ain't no Heaven And I pray there ain't no hell But I'll never know by living only my dying will tell. And when I die and when I'm gone There'll be, one child born And a world to carry on, to carry on.”
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“When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual...”
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“Give me my freedom for as long as I be All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me And all I ask of dyin' is to go naturally... And when I die, and when I'm gone There'll be one child born, in our world To carry on, to carry on...”
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“I lost my eyes In east wind skies Here's where I've cried Where I've tried Where God and the Tendaberry rise Where Quakers and revolutionaries Join for life”
-- Laura NyroSource : Song: New York Tendaberry, Album: New York Tendaberry
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“Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only a little farewell lovespell Time to design a woman”
-- Laura NyroSource : Song: Emmie
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“You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funky”
-- Laura NyroSource : Song: Poverty Train, Album: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
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“I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning”
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“I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.”
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“I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find in dyin'. Well then let the time be near. And when I die and when I'm gone there'll be one child born and a world to carry on.”
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“There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to be. You can write the simplest song, and that's lovely, or you can just write a song that is abstract art.”
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“If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near.”
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“For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. It's about self-expression. It knows no package - there's no such thing. That's what being an artist is.”
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“They say a woman's place Is to wait and serve Under the veil Submissive and dear But I think my place Is in a ship from space To carry me The hell out of here.”
-- Laura NyroSource : Song: The Right to Vote, Album: Mother's Spiritual
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