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“Advertising is brilliant. It's an industry that spends billions and billions of dollars to get you to react the way it wants you to react.”

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Andi Zeisler

Andi Zeisler is an accomplished columnist born in 1972. Her work primarily focuses on gender, culture, and political issues, known for her insightful analysis and sharp wit. more

“We are conditioned to be consumers since birth. I still think it's kind of incumbent on us as consumers to know the difference between something that's truly progressive and something that's just trying to get us to buy a product. Capitalism, ultimately, it's not about equality, it's not about social justice.”

Thinking Trying Kind Justice Birth Capitalism Social Justice Progressive

Author:Andi Zeisler

“I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it. I don't have the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" spirit. But the greatest flattery in the last couple of years is being called a "badass" by young singers.”

Spirit Couple Drug Flattery Badass Rock Star

Author:Joan Baez

“I am so disconnected from the world of rock 'n' roll. I was always peripheral, partly because of the drug culture. I was not involved in that.”

World Culture Drug

Author:Joan Baez

“I was addicted to rhythm 'n' blues pretty much directly into folk music. I had my little 45s of mostly black artists. That was as close as I got. I've never listened to heavy rock or stuff that jangles my nerves, because I'm already jangled.”

Artist Black Rhythm Folk Music

Author:Joan Baez

“There's very little I can sing now. When I asked my first voice teacher, who was the best one, "When will I know when to stop singing?" he said, "Your voice will tell you." And it is very, very difficult to sing now.”

Difficult Teacher Singing

Author:Joan Baez

“I'm a badass. I really am. When you see me hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg, I am perfectly at home and comfortable.”

Home Badass

Author:Joan Baez

“I would say Steven Spielberg is family to me. He's a genius. We survived a hurricane together. I ran from half-puppet,half-nothing creatures. It was months of our life as family. It was the wildest film, Jurassic Park, I'd ever worked on that way.”

Together Film Genius Ran Jurassic Park

Author:Laura Dern

“I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.”

Author:Joan Baez

“It's terrifying to think about all things that were awful for you. But for me, sharing all of them was so satisfying, because people read them and get to go, "Oh, okay, I don't have to feel so shitty about that," or maybe even, "Why was I feeling so shitty about that? I should own that and learn from that." Those are the sorts of stories I want to tell.”

People Thinking Feelings Okay

Author:Kelly Oxford

“My strength has always been my family and my friends who are like family. The business can chew you up and spit you out and if you don't have some calm in the storm, it's a very lonely journey. My family and friends love me whether I'm working or not and that makes all the difference.”

Journey Lonely My Family Calm Storm Family And Friends

Author:Melanie Nicholls-King

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