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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.

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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Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
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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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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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People sometimes ask me, because of the blacklisting, Do you hate the government? Don't you hate white people? No, it's greed that's the problem.
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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 had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.
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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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All the lights on Broadway don't amount to an acre of green.
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Some of my songs are like dreams, and when you go to sleep at night you don't know if you're gonna have a dream or what you're gonna dream about.
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There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.
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Children don't have to be raised. They'll grow.
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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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He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill.
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As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar...Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel...This song (Until It's Time for You To Go) popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me. The words are about honesty and freedom inside the heart.
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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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That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
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Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.
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The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.
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