Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it is, and then they judge it. They judge the rest of the thing by whether it conforms to their rules for what a good symphony orchestra would be.
Laurie AndersonLast night, I had that dream again. I dreamt I had to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet.
Laurie AndersonNo single person who has ever lived will be able to tell you what happens. Period. Nobody's right and nobody's wrong.
Laurie AndersonI 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.
Laurie Anderson