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Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.
Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.
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When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.
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You can do great things with low-tech stuff.
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If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?
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The fewer expectations you have, the better.
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I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual.
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History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
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So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic about.
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Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.
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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
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People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.
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I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special.
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The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a godlike thing. You are the ultimate authority. There is no other ultimate authority.
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There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular.
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Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.
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Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.
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I really trust audiences as having excellent taste, for the most part.
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Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
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You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them
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