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Sometimes I get ideas for lyrics in anyplace, but I work a lot in the studio. So I collect little bits of lyrics. I go through the box of lyrics I have and see if something fits  (Yr Quotes) “If you’re single, then I’m single?” What’s that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?  (Yr Quotes) But as the power of Hellas grew, and the acquisition of wealth became more an objective, the revenues of the states increasing, tyrannies were established almost everywhere  (Yr Quotes) You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence democracy, and the other tyranny  (Yr Quotes) Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother  (Yr Quotes) To deprive mankind of their natural right and power of creating wealth for themselves, is as great a tyranny as it is to rob them of it after they have created it. And this is done by all laws against honest banking  (Yr Quotes) It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the injustice will certainly be executed, unless it be forcibly resisted  (Yr Quotes) A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being  (Yr Quotes) A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment  (Yr Quotes) All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs  (Yr Quotes) America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society  (Yr Quotes) We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly  (Yr Quotes) Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm  (Yr Quotes) He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger  (Yr Quotes) I don’t play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul  (Yr Quotes) I don’t really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I’m not operating on somebody’s brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it’s all funny  (Yr Quotes) I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past  (Yr Quotes) In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc  (Yr Quotes) It’s very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery  (Yr Quotes) Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility  (Yr Quotes) Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I’ve learned in my own life  (Yr Quotes) Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever  (Yr Quotes) My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society  (Yr Quotes) Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny  (Yr Quotes) Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way  (Yr Quotes) Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That’s the thing I really want to break into!  (Yr Quotes) Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man’s expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid  (Yr Quotes) The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates  (Yr Quotes) The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant  (Yr Quotes) There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide  (Yr Quotes)
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