Suzanne Vega quotes - page 2

I won't march again on your battlefield. (Suzanne Vega)
If you hear something late at night, Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight, Just don't ask me what it was. View quote
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They only hit until you cry, After that, you don't ask why. View quote
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The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door, He said "I am not fighting for you any more." View quote
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I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner. View quote
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I've watched your palace up here on the hill And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will Only first I am asking you why. View quote
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I have swallowed a secret burning thread. View quote
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I open up the paper, there's the story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of. View quote
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If you were to kill me now right here, I would still look you in the eye. View quote
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Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. View quote
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I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political. (Suzanne Vega)
I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong. View quote
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Solitude stands by the window; She turns her head as I walk in the room; I can see by her eyes she's been waiting; Standing in the slant of the late afternoon. View quote
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I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it. View quote
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But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of a subject in order to appear civilized. View quote
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That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work. View quote
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It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing. View quote
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I was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age. View quote
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And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island. View quote
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I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't change that much. View quote
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I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work. (Suzanne Vega)
Today I ama small blue thing Like a marbleor an eye. View quote
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I'd like to meet you In a timeless placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences. View quote
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