Holly Near Quotes

It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think... view

By: Holly Near

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word... view

By: Holly Near

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it... view

By: Holly Near

I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter... view

By: Holly Near

I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture... view

By: Holly Near

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum... view

By: Holly Near

It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how... view

By: Holly Near

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think... view

By: Holly Near

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling... view

By: Holly Near

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way... view

By: Holly Near

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility... view

By: Holly Near

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think... view

By: Holly Near

My parents had been involved in the labor movement.. view

By: Holly Near

If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing... view

By: Holly Near

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'... view

By: Holly Near

You can't just leave out one part.. view

By: Holly Near

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?.. view

By: Holly Near

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people... view

By: Holly Near

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this... view

By: Holly Near

When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained... view

By: Holly Near

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs... view

By: Holly Near

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it... view

By: Holly Near

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain... view

By: Holly Near

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count... view

By: Holly Near

The war on drugs is a war against the communities... view

By: Holly Near

People love to hear the mistakes you've made... view

By: Holly Near

Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself... view

By: Holly Near

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt... view

By: Holly Near

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point... view

By: Holly Near

We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under... view

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To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner... view

By: Holly Near