“I am pregnant with song. My body aches but do not betray me. I will sing songs and hide them away. I will tear them into bits and throw them in the street. The streets of my city are full of dark holes. I will hide my songs in the holes of the streets.” BodySongBitsDarkCitiesStreetsTearsHolesBetrayPregnantAche Book:Mid-American Chants Source: Mid-American Chants
“The same people in the Congress who are busy kicking holes in the social safety net are also those who would sell off the nation's forests for a song, give away its national parks, and trash its wilderness preserves; there is a connection between the two impulses.” PeopleGivingTwoSongNationsSocialConnectionsSafetySellsBusyCongressHolesForestsImpulsePreservesParksWildernessTrashKickingNational ParksSafety Net Book:Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild Source: Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild
“It's really hard to fit a complex idea into a 3-minute pop song. And when you're dealing with issues that you're passionate about, usually they have various levels. And within a poem, you can get around the issue of space, and in a song the same way, by simply leaving holes and alluding to what you're talking about.” WayIdeasHardSongSpaceLevelsTalkingIssuesMinutesFitComplexesLeavingPassionateVariousPopsHolesPop Song Author:Jon Foreman