Natalie Merchant quotes

speak to me don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling there's no telling where it starts or how it ends. (Natalie Merchant)
o, I need the darkness the sweetness the sadness the weakness I need this. View quote
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I've walked these streets in the mad house asylum they can be where a wild eyed misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped and he raved of saving me. View quote
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your face saving promises whispered like prayers I don't need them. View quote
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hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother and the tears she cried, she cried for none other than her little boy lost in our little world that hated and that dared to drag him down her little boy courageous who chose his words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts they all spoke through you. View quote
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newspapers ask intimate questions want confessions they reach into my head to steal the glory of my story. View quote
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the color of the sky as far as I can see is coal gray lift my head from the pillow and then fall again with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather a quiver in my lips as if I might cry. View quote
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I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses he's their kid I stay out of it, but who gave you the right to do this? View quote
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Ophelia was a bride of god a novice Carmelite in sister cells the cloister bells tolled on her wedding night. View quote
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these sobering sights I've seen in the City of Angels have all been one rude awakening that was due to me in this city of fallen angels. View quote
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these are days you'll remember. (Natalie Merchant)
once I could love, I could trust, I could not doubt but that was just about the worst thing that I could do it was just about the worst thing that I could do. View quote
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who'll save the poor little girl? oh, Henry... who'll tell the story of her? Henry Darger. View quote
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where in hell can you go far from the things that you know far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way about 1,000 miles a day? View quote
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take a look at my body look at my hands there's so much here that I don't understand. View quote
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let me have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning please don't hide them just because of tears. View quote
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where is the halo that should glow 'round your face and where are the wings that should grow from your shoulder blades? View quote
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people ruthless, people cruel see the damage that some people do full of hatred, full of pride it's enough to make you lose your mind. View quote
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I want to thank you for so many gifts you gave with love and tenderness I want to thank you I want to thank you for your generosity the love and the honesty that you gave me. View quote
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation. View quote
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. (Natalie Merchant)
I need a lullaby a kiss goodnight angel sweet love of my life o, I need this. View quote
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o, I believe fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle know this child will be able laughed as she came to my mother know this child will not suffer laughed as my body she lifted know this child will be gifted with love, with patience and with faith she'll make her way. View quote
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I don't listen to anything on the radio but NPR and occasional oldies programs. I can't comment on the content or format of most commercial radio but I have read the statistics about the step-by-step deregulation of FCC rules that has allowed monopolies like Clear Channel to buy up massive shares of the airwaves. This has damaged our business (music) and our culture (American). The internet is offering bold alternatives but a transistor radio is only $25.00 and not everyone is hooked up through a computer and high speed connection. View quote
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once I was open, could hope, I had no doubt but that was the worst thing that I could do. View quote
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