Natalie Merchant quotes - page 2

My drug period was between the age of 17 and 18. That was a time when I was experimenting with a lot of things, I was experimenting with sleep deprivation, fasting. The longest fast I ever did was 12 days. You go that long without food and you hallucinate. I would take this powder made out of guarana seed, my friend Mary would bake it up like cocoa in muffins and leave them on my doorstep. My drinking period was when I was 13, 14. Drugs fascinated me for a short period of time but not any more. A glass of wine puts me in a weird enough state. (Natalie Merchant)
talk, talk, talk about it you talk as if you care but when your talk is over tilt that bottle in the air tossing back more than your share. View quote
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So their eyes are growing hazy 'cause they want to turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy Well, hey, give 'em what they want. View quote
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If lust and hate is the candy if blood and love tastes so sweet then we give 'em what they want Hey, hey, give 'em what they want. View quote
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don't talk, I will listen don't talk, you keep your distance I'd rather hear some truth tonight than entertain your lies. View quote
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don't spread the discontent don't spread the lies don't make the same mistakes with your own life. View quote
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contempt loves the silence it thrives in the dark with fine winding tendrils that strangle the heart they say that promises sweeten the blow but I don't need them no, I don't need them. View quote
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Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest a god damned hurricane your common sense your best defense lay wasted and in vain. View quote
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I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart the way things are and the way they've been and the way they've always been. View quote
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people see me I'm a challenge to your balance I'm over your heads how I confound you and astound you. View quote
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Ophelia's mind went wandering you'd wonder where she'd gone through secret doors down corridors she'd wander them alone. (Natalie Merchant)
hey Jack now for the tricky part when you were the brightest star who were the shadows? of the San Francisco beat boys you were the favorite now they sit and rattle their bones and think of their blood stoned days. View quote
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you'll know it's true, that you are blessed and lucky it's true, that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you. View quote
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Ophelia was a circus queen the female cannonball projected through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause... View quote
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heaven, is this heaven where we are? View quote
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I saw my first Henry Darger collage/paintings in the early 1980's when the tale of Henry's life was just emerging through rumor and scattered fragments of his book. He lived and died a recluse in Chicago where no one knew of his writings or paintings. There was a folk art gallery in New Orleans that had acquired a small pile of Realms of the Unreal illustrations. I was on tour with REM at the time, Michael Stipe and I visited the gallery where we had a first look at these images of seven little horrified girls pursued by a purple and orange winged cats or evil professors on horseback or resting peacefully under giant sunflowers. I was completely captivated and intrigued. View quote
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have I been blind have I been lost inside myself and my own mind hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen? View quote
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see them walking, if you dare if you call that walking stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselves along the streets of heaven. View quote
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For the time being I am enjoying my chance to enjoy civilian life off the road. If I combined all the months that I have lived out of a van or tour bus it would amount to twelve solid years. That would be twelve years of driving or flying an average of 100 to 400 miles per day and sleeping in a different city every night. It was a very unique lifestyle that I adapted to and even enjoyed with it's surreal pace. It's also a lifestyle that can take a toll on the body and relationships with the people that you are constantly leaving behind. View quote
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It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again. View quote
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Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood. (Natalie Merchant)
If I could calm or restrain you for the sake of pity save the pistol save the cynic's tongue save the cool white stare treat me to an honest face sometime. View quote
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threats like, "if you don't mind I will beat on your behind" "slap you, slap you silly" made me say, "o, what's the matter here?" View quote
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what a cold and rainy day where on earth is the sun hid away? View quote
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trouble me disturb me with all your cares and you worries trouble me on the days when you feel spent. View quote
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