Cat Power Quotes
Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick.
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Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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My father and my mother and my sister and I have always voted Republican, always.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It's exhausting. You have to force-feed. You have to force yourself to eat food.
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I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
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You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
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The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.
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I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.
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If you want to be told what to think, well, I'm not in that business.
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Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.
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A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.
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I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.
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Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
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I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
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I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.
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Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.
