I've got more than one string to my bow, and I thought I'd give this one a twang.
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!
Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend. . . the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, it's a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you're gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit.
I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse.
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
You live your life as if it's real. . . . . . . a thousand kisses deep
Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.
Speak the truth. Give whatever you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you Into the presence of the gods.
I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
Reconciliation is one of the hardest words. We almost forget, but there's always a little group that can't.