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The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#acoustic guitar #best #best way #creating #different

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#because #before #best #challenging #courage

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#away #because #clean #doing #i

I am not free because I can be exploded anytime. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anytime #because #exploded #free #i

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#independent #moved #museum #new #new york

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't! ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#fabricate #finger #i #i think #joke

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#because #content #could #i #language

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#percentage #prison #since #system

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anyone #back #beach #bread #canvas

It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#associate #borrowing #death #i #i can