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Even her hair, she thought, running her fingers impatiently through the damp golden brown ringlets that curled romantically around her face. A Botticelli angel, a… — Naomi Ragen
That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed… — Garrison Keillor
It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one - and then at some… — Rainbow Rowell
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line, a year, even… — M. Ward
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was… — Scott Avett
I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to go to Birmingham… — Don Helms
I'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like,… — Lucinda Williams
Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the… — Peter Selgin
These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I… — Ani DiFranco
I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's… — Dolly Parton
I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the lines popped up:… — Jorma Kaukonen
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it… — Bob Dylan
They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great… — George Washington
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from… — Judy Collins
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife… — Leonard Cohen
The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look,… — Ray Charles
You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences into… — David Bowie
I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about or… — Avril Lavigne
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are… — Oscar Peterson
It's a bit like walking down a long, dark corridor never knowing when the light will go on. — Neil Lennon

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