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That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 20
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Buffy St. Marie
Beverly Sainte-Marie
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Grab a guitar, put some kind of strings on it, a banjo string, then a violin string, then a guitar string, tune it any way you want, and make some noise, and see what you get. And work on it until you get something that you think is interesting. That's all there is to art for me.
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What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest.
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By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.
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Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.
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I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
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I was playing with sound like I would have played with pots and pans as a kid.
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I'm trying to entice people, and sometimes my information is very hard hitting. So I've always wanted to have a soft approach.
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I sang a song in Hindi nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anybody else... All I had was my originality.
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The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.
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Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.
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There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.
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Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.
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My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible.
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Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.
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