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To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

Holly Near

If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.

Holly Near

Singing

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

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

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

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.

Holly Near

Force

Mistakes

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

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

Holly Near

Culture

Perspective

I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter.

Holly Near

Life

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

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