“I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later.” WritingSongMy OwnSimpleEventsNewsPhilosophicalCurrentsDevelopingMelodyCurrent Events Author:Phil Ochs
“Chinese were bornwith an accumulated wisdom, a natural sophistication, an intelligent naivete, and unless they were transplanted too young, these qualities ripened in them.... If ever I am homesick for China, now that I am home in my own country, it is when I discover here no philosophy. Our people have opinions and creeds and prejudices and ideas but as yet no philosophy.” PeopleIfsIdeasCountryPhilosophyHomeYoungNaturalMy OwnQualityOpinionPrejudiceIntelligentPhilosophicalChinaChineseCreedsSophisticationHomesickNaivete Author:Pearl S. Buck