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ALL THESE QUOTES HAVE APPEARED ON MANICS ALBUMS AND SINGLES THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER.
"I TALK TO GOD BUT THE SKY IS EMPTY" - SYLVIA PLATH
"TO ALL WHO PASS THAT THEY MAY SEE, ROCK N ROLL WAS A PART OF ME"- NIK COHN
"THE TRAGEDY OF IT IS THAT NOBODY SEES THE LOOK OF DESPERATION ON MY FACE. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF US , AND WE'RE PASSING ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT A LOOK OF RECOGNITION."- HENRY MILLER
"ELVIS WAS A HERO TO MOST, BUT HE NEVER MEANT SHIT TO ME... MOST OF MY HEROES AIN'T APPEARED ON NO STAMP"- CHUCK D
"I LOVE THE AUTUMN FOR ITS SENSE OF MELANCHOLY SEEMS TO STRIKE MY NEED FOR SADNESS. THERE IS POETRY IN THE DYING OF THE YEAR AND MYSTERY AS WELL"- KYFFIN WILLIAMS
"PAINTING IS STRONGER THAN I AM- IT MAKES ME DO WHAT EVER IT WANTS"- PABLO PICASSO
"IT IS EASY TO SHIELD THE OUTER BODY FROM POISONED ARROWS, BUT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIELD THE MIND FROM THE POISONED DARTS THAT ORIGINATE WITHIN ITSELF. GREED, ANGER, FOOLISHNESS AND THE INFATUATIONS OF EGOISM- THESE FOUR POISONED DARTS ORIGINATE WITHIN THE MIND AND INFECT IT WITH DEADLY POISON"- 'THE TORTURE GARDEN'
"OUR LIFE IS FRITTERED AWAY BY DETAIL- SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY"- HENRY DAVID THOREAU
"I HAVE TO CHANGE TO STAY THE SAME"- WILLEM DE KOONING
"THE PICTURES I CONTEMPLATE PAINTING WOULD CONSTITUTE A HALFWAY STATE AND AN ATTEMPT TO POINT THE DIRECTION OF THE FUTURE- WITHOUT ARRIVING THERE COMPLETELY"- JACKSON POLLOCK
"THE ONLY INTERESTING ANSWERS ARE THOSE WHICH DESTROY THE QUESTIONS"- SUSAN SONTAG
"THE PARTY IS NOT CONCERNED WITH PERPETUATING ITSELF. WHO WIELDS POWER IS NOT IMPORTANT, PROVIDING THAT THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE REMAINS ALWAYS THE SAME"- GEORGE ORWELL
"DEPRIVE MAN OF HIS LIFE LIE AND YOU ROB HIM OF HIS HAPPINESS"- IBSEN
"LIFE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BACKWARDS, BUT IT MUST BE LIVED FORWARDS"- KIERKEGAARD
"AS LONG AS YOU KNOW I'M WAITING, TAKE YOUR TIME FLOWERS OF THE SPRING"- MISHIMA
"I SHALL TAKE MY VOICE WHEREVER THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO HEAR THE MELODY OF FREEDOM"- PAUL ROBESON