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There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen

Anthem

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Cohen, Leonard. "Anthem." The Future. Columbia Records, 1992.

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Joplin, Janis. Quoted in The New Yorker Magazine. 14 Aug. 1971.

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Parker, Charlie. Quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya. Written by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff. Rinehart & Company, 1955.

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Robeson, Paul. "The Artist Must Take Sides." National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief in aid of the Spanish Refugee Children. 24 June 1937, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.

The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the earth from fools.

Patti Smith

People Have the Power

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Smith, Patti and Fred Smith. "People Have the Power." Performed by Patti Smith. Dream of Life. Arista, 1988.

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Smith, Patti. Just Kids. Ecco, 2010.

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Guthrie, Woody. "Pretty Boy Floyd." Dust Bowl Ballads. RCA Victor, 1964.

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Armstrong, Louis. Quoted in "Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter and Singer, Dies." Written by Alvin Krebs. The New York Times, 7 July 1971.

Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?

Michael Torke

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Torke, Michael. "Sayings of the Week." Observer, 23 Sept. 1990.

Well, I can tell you about the river
Or we could just get in.

Bill Callahan

From the Rivers to the Ocean

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Callahan, Bill. "From the Rivers to the Ocean." Woke on a Whaleheart. Drag City, 2007.

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Presley, Elvis. Heartbreak Hotel. Written with Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley. RCA Records, 1956.

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Guthrie, Woody. “I Ain’t a Gonna Kill Nobody.” People’s World, c. 1939.

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Cohen, Leonard. The Favourite Game. Secker and Warburg, 1963, bk. 2, ch. 19.

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

Glenn Gould

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Gould, Glenn. Commencement address. Commencement ceremony. 6 Nov. 1982, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Morrison, Jim. Interview. PBS Studios, 1969.

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Cohen, Leonard. The Favourite Game. Secker and Warburg, 1963, bk. 3, ch. 8.

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Cohen, Leonard. Quoted in "The Joking Troubadour of Gloom." The Daily Telegraph, 26 Apr. 1993.

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The Doors. "When the Music's Over." Strange Days. Elektra Records, 1967.

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Cohen, Leonard. "Hallelujah." Various Positions. Columbia Records, 1984.

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find,
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Ray Charles

Georgia on my Mind

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Gorrell, Stuart. "Georgia on My Mind." Composed by Hoagy Carmichael. Performed by Ray Charles. The Genius Hits the Road. ABC Records, 1960.