Exene Cervenka Quotes
Artists have been getting ripped off since the beginning of time, probably. But on the other hand, it might be nice to write songs. We certainly could.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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I just write mechanical things.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
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I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.
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The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.
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So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.
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I just have this thing about injustice. Everybody hates the big injustices - I know. But I hate even the little injustices, even the way a salesclerk treats somebody who is shabbily dressed and happens to go into a nice store.
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Without sounding pretentious, it's nice to always be surrounded by creative people who inspire me and keep my levels of creativity charged.
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Things just evolve. I sort of have no control over what happens with the songs. Sometimes I'm afraid I might wake up one morning with an entire record of polka songs.
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Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context.
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Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.
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Artists have been getting ripped off since the beginning of time, probably. But on the other hand, it might be nice to write songs. We certainly could.
