#co

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#babies #body #done #handle #income

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#comfort #help #i #i think #obviously

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#brothers #contempt #difficulties #exposed #going

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? ↗

— Toni Morrison

#choice #describe #economy #how #many

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#child #children #community #i #need

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. ↗

— Van Morrison

#early #i #learnt #never #recordings

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ↗

— Van Morrison

#being #being famous #complete #disappointing #drag

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. ↗

— Van Morrison

#comes #far #i #i always #i can

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. ↗

— Van Morrison

#comfortable #doing #feel #hate #i

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. ↗

— Van Morrison

#attention #commercial #contemporary #i #me