Holly Near Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.”

“Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.”

“Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.”

“People love to hear the mistakes you've made.”

“It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.”

“My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.”

“My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.”

“White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.”

“You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.”

“I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.”