Suzanne Vega

I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#atmosphere #big #black #classes #dance

I was always inventing characters and making up stories. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#characters #i #inventing #making #making up

I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

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If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#biggest #business #crowd #fight #go

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

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It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#discipline #does #else #mother #much

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

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So you eat, you sleep, and then this wonderful child comes out, but you don't feel like you have any control over that process, over her, over her character and who she is. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#character #child #comes #control #eat

There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#hurting #just #rules

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

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