“These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for, anyway, in this hard-edged, worried world? Into this cultural uncertainty Gregory Orr's spirited meditation on the surprisingly tensile strength of poetry in the face of profound suffering and grief presents a welcome fresh view of the ancient human instinct to cry out and to praise.” WorldHumansHardSeemsFacesSufferingViewsGriefMeditationCryAbusePraiseInstinctProfoundAncientWelcomeWorriedImpulseUncertaintyThese DaysFragileMistrustSpirited Author:Patricia Hampl
“It's the principle of it, I get a rush when I bust Some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote. That's what I consider real in this field of music, Instead of puttin' brain cells to work, they abuse it. Non-conceptual, non-exceptional, Everybody's either crime-related or sexual. For those who pose lyrical, but really ain't true, I feel: Their time's limited, hard rocks too.” FeelsRealHardLinesBrainPrinciplesRocksCrimeFieldsAbuseHip HopRapCellsRelatedExceptionalDopeLyricalHard RockBrain Cells Author:O.C.
“I think it's always hard for children to talk about abuse because it is only memory. I didn't carry around a tape recorder … I didn't chisel anything in stone … Anybody can look and say, 'Well how do you know for sure?' And that's one of the most painful things about it. You don't.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksChildrenHardMemoriesStonesAbusePainfulDo You KnowTapeRecordersChiselsPainful Things Author:Anne Heche