My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. — Holly Near Child Copy Share Image
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like… — Holly Near Singing Copy Share Image
To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well,… — Holly Near Female Copy Share Image
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling. — Holly Near Failure Copy Share Image
Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and… — Holly Near Care Copy Share Image
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress. — Holly Near Community Copy Share Image
Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading. — Holly Near Ideas Copy Share Image
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word. — Holly Near Art Copy Share Image
We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. — Holly Near Failure Copy Share Image
