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Holly Near
American
Musician
Born:
Jun 6
,
1949
Men
Mistakes
People
Think
Women
You
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If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.
Holly Near
Wisdom
You
Intelligence
Mistakes
Making Mistakes
Guts
Leap
Making
Huge
Your
Forward
Momentum
Keep
I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter.
Holly Near
Life
You
Better
Sweet
Bitter
Part
Like
Know
Without
Get
Hard
You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.
Holly Near
You
People
Eat
Pretty
Feeding
Soon
Just
Hogwash
Keep
You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.
Holly Near
You
Out
Rise
Part
Leave
Yeast
Just
Bread
People love to hear the mistakes you've made.
Holly Near
Love
You
People
Made
Mistakes
Hear
My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.
Holly Near
Life
You
Better
Thought
Parents
Think
Through
Learn
How
Encouraged
Get
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
Holly Near
Women
Men
Think
Excited
How
Essential
Being
Interested
Start
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
Holly Near
Work
Creativity
Political
Guilt
Responsibility
Out
Linked
Political Work
Work Out
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
Holly Near
Food
Language
Think
Songs
Like
Expression
The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.
Holly Near
Women
World
Changed
Ways
Able
Count
Never
Over
Attitudes
Movement
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
Holly Near
People
Political
Word
Say
Lot
Artists
Afraid
When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.
Holly Near
Opportunity
Blessed
Mistakes
Say
Make
Learn
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
Holly Near
Hurt
Willing
Part
Surprised
Shocked
Artist
Being
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
Holly Near
Great
Me
Mistakes
Leaping
Force
Makes
Behind
Storytelling
Forward
Away
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.
Holly Near
Singing
Think
Way
Feel
Like
Sing
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.
Holly Near
Day
Struggle
First
Believe
Our
Nirvana
Would
Would-Be
Be The First
Silver
Handed
Us
Keep
Platter
To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.
Holly Near
Blessing
Sometimes
Pain
Extraordinary
State
Kind
Always
Real
Wonder
Real Pain
Sensitivity
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
Holly Near
Music
Nation
Sweet
Way
Put
Child
Intended
Whereas
Against
Us
Much
Used
Whole
Lullaby
Sleep
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.
Holly Near
Best
Good
Me
You
Important
Those
Musician
Entertainer
Delicate
Know
Singer
How
Been
Lines
Walked
Activist
Thinker
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