Bernard Sumner Quotes

I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.

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• My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.

  

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• Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.

  

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• I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.

  

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• My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

  

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• I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.

  

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• I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.

  

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