“Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it is, and then they judge it. They judge the rest of the thing by whether it conforms to their rules for what a good symphony orchestra would be.” KindShowsWould BeFilmReadingAudienceSeeingJudgingConcertsConformOrchestraSymphonySymphony Orchestras Author:Laurie Anderson
“When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.” LooksKindWantedFourTreeSkyTouchedWorshippers Author:Laurie Anderson
“Technology today is the campfire around which we tell our stories. There's this attraction to light and to this kind of power, which is both warm and destructive. We're especially drawn to the power. Many of the images of technology are about making us more powerful, extending what we can do. Unfortunately, 95 percent of this is hype, because I think we're powerful without it.” ThinkingKindStoriesLightTodayCan DoPowerfulTechnologyPercentWarmAttractionDestructiveHypeExtendingCampfire Author:Laurie Anderson
“I wanted to impress people because I was kind of a kid who was lost in the crowd - was sort of my, feeling about childhood was being part of a big family.” PeopleKindFeelingsBigsKidsWantedLostChildhoodCrowdsImpressBig Families Author:Laurie Anderson
“I kind of didn't believe the doctors when they came over and they said you're not going to be able to walk again. I'm sorry to tell you this. I thought who is this guy? I just was so impatient with the whole thing. I knew I was going to walk again. I knew that I was going to do that.” BelieveKindSaidWholeAbleGuyWalksDoctorsSorryI'm SorryThey SaidThis GuyImpatient Author:Laurie Anderson
“I always wonder when people have any kind of spiritual and meditative practice especially if it's one designed in part to help them cope with things that seem unmanageable and to cope with something like death, if they're able to maintain that practice and maintain the equanimity at the time of death whether it's, you know, that person's or that person's loved one.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindPersonsHelpingSeemsAbleSpiritualWonderPracticeLoved OnesEquanimity Author:Laurie Anderson
“I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget.” TryingWellsKindForgetComplimentShuffle Author:Laurie Anderson
“Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It will have a special kind of reality that it won't once it's decoded.” KindRealitySpecialTranslate Author:Laurie Anderson
“I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual.” ThinkingKindBookVisualsGraphic Author:Laurie Anderson
“I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.” ThinkingKindScarySpooky Author:Laurie Anderson
“Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.” KindArtJoyArt IsPerformancesPerformance Art Author:Laurie Anderson
“You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.” KnowsMenYearsKindYears AgoLuckDollarsFiftyCentsBucks Author:Laurie Anderson
