“If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?” IfsPersonsYoungArtistWonderJazzPopsHeyOperaVagueYoung ArtistsMultimedia Author:Laurie Anderson
“I genuinely have never been in an audience where most people want that person to fail. I've never been in an audience like that, and I've never seen it as a performer. Only in my dreams, in which case they are always throwing tomatoes and going, "This is the most boring thing I've ever seen."” PeopleWantPersonsDreamCasesAudienceFailingBoringPerformersThrowingTomatoesBoring Things Author:Laurie Anderson
“No single person who has ever lived will be able to tell you what happens. Period. Nobody's right and nobody's wrong.” PersonsHappensAblePeriodsSingle Person Author:Laurie Anderson
“I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person.” GivingPersonsMadeFactsPowerfulMade ItBuddhistSingle Person 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'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.” PersonsEnoughFearInspiringAverageAweAwe Inspiring Author:Laurie Anderson
