Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit.
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What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn’t have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that’s startling or is so poignant.
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Good news doesn’t necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man.
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What I wanted to do in rock ‘n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.
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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.
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I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn’t vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.
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I’m not saying I wasn’t flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.
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My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around.
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Good news doesn’t necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man.
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The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
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