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Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.

Amy Ray

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Amy Ray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 12
Composer
Mandolinist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Decatur
Georgia
Amy Elizabeth Ray
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Tolerance
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Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.
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An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.
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We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver it feels funny being free.
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But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.
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Music is such a good way to resist. It keep you strong, it has dignity.
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I think you just have to take the bad with the good and you're going to get hurt more, but it's worth it.
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If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I'll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song.
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But the reality is that we are a folk band.
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If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.
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Majoring in religion, listening to TV evangelists interpret the scriptures and dictate my offerings-I found my God inside myself-in every moment and piece of matter. Everything is animate.
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It's important to have a voice it's more important to use it.
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Your perspective probably depends on where you live.
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I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.
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Your hatred is rooted in your fear, and your paranoia and insecurities, well they don't belong here.
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When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.
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Oh God, it's such a big world right now for artists. There are as many possibilities as you can have time for, getting your music out there with the internet, and Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, and everything that you have, there is a way to spread the word. To me, the first thing you have to have is substance and content and real depth.
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The best days I have are usually days where I'm out in the woods and something happens, like I see an amazing animal like a fox, or I get a glimpse of a wild pig or something that I never see. Or crazy things happen.
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