Ryuichi Sakamoto It was a very rare moment in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. Ordinary people went out to the streets to speak anti-nuclear sentiments. – Ryuichi Sakamoto Accident Quotes Antinuclear Quotes Fukushima Quotes Japan Quotes Moment Quotes Nuclear Quotes Ordinary Quotes People Quotes Plant Quotes Rare Quotes Sentiments Quotes Speak Quotes Streets Quotes I’m a terrible drummer; I almost cannot play the guitar nor sax nor trumpet. I love to be anonymous.
Frankie Cosmos I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I was probably, like, 13 years old. I was seeing a lot of teenagers making ‘weird’ music, and I think that was probably a big part of the reason that I actually started to play myself. – Frankie Cosmos
HomeSharon Jones I’m sitting at home every time there’s a Grammy. It’s like, ‘What is Sharon doing tonight?’ I’m sitting home watching it. But it’s OK. But if you go to Europe, there are a lot of young, independent labels that’s doing soul music. You might call them retro because they’re young and they’re trying to imitate somebody. But I ain’t retro. – Sharon Jones
Dorothy Allison My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child – one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that. – Dorothy Allison
J M G Le Clezio If I examine the circumstances which inspired me to write – and this is not mere self-indulgence, but a desire for accuracy – I see clearly that the starting point of it all for me was war. – J M G Le Clezio
Lisa Lutz When I was 6, I learned where I came from, which was one step removed from the usual circumstances. I was adopted. – Lisa Lutz
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