Laura Nyro Quotes

#1. When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing ... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual ...

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#2. 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 ...

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#3. I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning

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#4. If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near.

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#5. 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.

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#6. Nothing cures like time and love ...

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#7. 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 life

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#8. I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

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#9. You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funky

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#10. 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.

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#11. 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.

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#12. 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.

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#13. 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.

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#14. As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

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#15. 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 woman

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