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Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it’s given me. And to meet all the other people that are doing it…just to be in the world, really.

Jeff Buckley

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Jeff Buckley
Age: 30 †
Born: 1966
Born: November 17
Died: 1997
Died: May 29
Composer
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Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Anaheim
California
Jeffrey Scott Buckley
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Music is my mother and my father it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love.
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Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run
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She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever.
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I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.
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Kiss me, please kiss me But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation You know it makes me so angry 'cause i know that in time I'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye.
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love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
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Grace is what matters. In anything. Especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. About people, that's what matters. That's a quality I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching for the gun too quickly it keeps you from destroying things too foolishly it sort of keeps you alive and keeps you open for more understanding.
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When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will have been of all worth, ever. You will be something complete unto yourself, present and unique.
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I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.
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I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's censorship.
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I want to be ripped apart by music.
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My favorite kind of music is the stuff that stops time. You put something on to sit there and let an experience go through you. To look at yourself clearly through a song. It's true of all art, all mediums, but for some reason music has a direct line straight into people.
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I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.
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Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive, ingenious, open, to the highest degree. Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality.
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I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied.
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