Paula Cole quotes

I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy. (Paula Cole)
Just watching my cats can make me happy. View quote
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The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud. View quote
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Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps... this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self. View quote
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I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs. View quote
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I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way. View quote
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I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. View quote
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If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better. View quote
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For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again. View quote
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At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good eight years. View quote
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I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good. (Paula Cole)
I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and getting up there to spill my guts and connect with my loyal folks. View quote
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I see my albums as working diaries, as living scrapbooks of me and my life. View quote
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I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music. View quote
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I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to be, and some day I'll be born. View quote
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The monsters are in your own head. View quote
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I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come. View quote
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I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me. View quote
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When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again. View quote
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I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success. View quote
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I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively. (Paula Cole)
Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair. View quote
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I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeutic release. Also I love my touring family. And I love my audiences very much. View quote
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I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs. View quote
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I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city. View quote
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Paula Cole - Image
Photo: Johan Broberg from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: April 5, 1968
Quotes count: 26