Ingrid Michaelson (Ingrid Ellen Michaelson) Quotes
I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
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Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
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I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.
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He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.
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If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.
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Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have written songs for all of these reasons – but ultimately the love songs exist to fill, with language, the silence between ourselves and God, to decrease the distance between the temporal and the divine.
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Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven I'll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven
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Most people go through life thinking that tomorrow they’re going to do something great. Tomorrow will be the day that they wake up and discover what they were put on this earth to do. But then tomorrow comes—and goes. As does the next day. Before long, they realize that there aren’t that many tomorrows left.
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Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.
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Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
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Nothing mysterious about it - I mean Ken, Glenn, and Rob are the three frontmen and they do a majority of the songwriting too; we've a majority of interviewers who want to speak to one of them, so it's not really that I don't want to do interviews or anything like that, it's just the way it works out.
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It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.
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I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.
