Laura Nyro Quotes

#1. I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

Paul Stanley

#2. I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

Alison Elliott

#3. She performed a few Bacharach songs next: "Close to You," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," "Walk On By," plus Laura Nyro's "Wedding Bell Blues.

Haruki Murakami

#4. My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.

Jenny Lewis

#5. 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

Laura Nyro

#6. It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

Phil Gramm

#7. The document is no doubt of great importance. But it is of importance because it has an impact on the lives of people.

Hartley Goldstone

#8. I didn't vote for Bush, and I'm not happy particularly that he's president. But I will say I'm impressed that he didn't start bombing Afghanistan the day after Sept. 11. The more time that passes without him bombing Afghanistan, the more I respect him.

William T. Vollmann

#9. In the crowd, herd, or gang, it is a mass-mind that operates-which is to say, a mind without subtlety, a mind without compassion, a mind, finally, uncivilized.

Robert M. Lindner

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

Laura Nyro

#11. 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.

Laura Nyro

#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.

Laura Nyro

#13. 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.

Laura Nyro

#14. 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.

Laura Nyro

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

Laura Nyro

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

Laura Nyro

#17. 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

Laura Nyro

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

Laura Nyro

#19. 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.

Laura Nyro

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

Laura Nyro

#21. Berkeley should be a haven for everyone, yet we should be wary of predators and thugs who drain our energy and take advantage of the institutions we've helped to create and sustain.

Aaron Cometbus

#22. 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

Laura Nyro

#23. 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 ...

Laura Nyro

#24. This is America. Dreams are cheap.

Erin Bomboy

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

Laura Nyro