Bobbie Gentry Quotes

The song is sort of a study in unconscious cruelty. But everybody seems more concerned with what was thrown off the bridge than they are with the thoughtlessness of people expressed in the song.

Bobbie Gentry

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• The song is sort of a study in unconscious cruelty. But everybody seems more concerned with what was thrown off the bridge than they are with the thoughtlessness of people expressed in the song.

  

  Bobbie Gentry
  • People
  • Song
  • Study