70 Quotes by Holly Near

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.

When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained.

All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.

Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.

The greatest warriors are the ones who fight for peace.