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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. ↗

— Frank Zappa

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People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss. ↗

— Nick Hornby

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It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party. ↗

— Nick Hornby

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Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make! ↗

— Bram Stoker

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He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through." "How very rude of him." "I told him I was." Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. "I am very touched, Harry. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. ↗

— Keith Richards

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Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Back in the "leather and lace" eighties, I was the fantasy editor for a publishing company in New York City. It was a great time to be young and footloose on the streets of Manhattan—punk rock and folk music were everywhere; Blondie, the Eurythmics, Cyndi Lauper, and Prince were all strutting their stuff on the newly created MTV; and the eighties' sense of style meant I could wear my scruffy black leather into the office without turning too many heads. The fantasy field was growing by leaps and bounds, and I was right in the middle of it, working with authors I'd worshiped as a teen, and finding new ones to encourage and publish. ↗

— Terri Windling

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