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"Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious."

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open."

"All music is what awakes within you when you are reminded of it by the instruments."

"I think hairstyle is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself."