Holly Near

Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself. ↗

— Holly Near

#care #choose #content #form #itself

The war on drugs is a war against the communities. ↗

— Holly Near

#communities #war #war on drugs

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain. ↗

— Holly Near

#blessing #extraordinary #kind #pain #real

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

#concert #female #hear #lot #make

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner. ↗

— Holly Near

#great #had #i #like #living

We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under. ↗

— Holly Near

#interested #keep #ourselves #relative #sucked

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

— Holly Near

#comes #concerts #hope #i #see

When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained. ↗

— Holly Near

#demonstration #i #kent #killed #stage

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

— Holly Near

#journey #longer #many #men #people

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there. ↗

— Holly Near

#just #leave #out #part #rise