#y

I want to get enough [money] to take off the hardships of life and leave me free to follow the ideas that interest me the most. ↗

— Alexander Bell

#life

Just watching my cats can make me happy. ↗

— Paula Cole

#cats #happy #just #make #me

Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert. ↗

— Paula Cole

#being #i #i am #internal #introvert

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair. ↗

— Paula Cole

#had #hair #i #psyched #were

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me. ↗

— Paula Cole

#awards #bask #death #i #like

I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. ↗

— Paula Cole

#darkness #find #get #happiness #huge

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs. ↗

— Paula Cole

#beautiful #beautiful girls #cheerleader #cheerleaders #demolished

I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way. ↗

— Paula Cole

#another #challenge #feel #i #i feel

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively. ↗

— Paula Cole

#art #glad #i #interpreted #made

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain. ↗

— Mae West

#another #boyfriend #case #day #rain