Laura Nyro
As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.
I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.
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.Collection: Writing
When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual.Collection: Spiritual
Nothing cures like time and love.Collection: Time And Love
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.Collection: Thinking
Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again and breaking through barriers.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Song
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...Collection: Children
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.Collection: Art
If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near.Collection: Death
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.Collection: Children
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.Collection: Song
I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morningCollection: Jesus
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.Collection: Peace
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 lifeCollection: Eye
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 womanCollection: Farewell
You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funkyCollection: Wall