Author: Holly Near

Quotes

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

- Holly Near

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

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

- Holly Near

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

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

- Holly Near

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

- Holly Near

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

- Holly Near

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

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

- Holly Near

People love to hear the mistakes you've made.

People love to hear the mistakes you've made.

- Holly Near

The war on drugs is a war against the communities.

The war on drugs is a war against the communities.

- Holly Near

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'.

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

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