Try but don't try too hard. Just try hard enough, and things will go better.
On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know.
You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.
God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.
A fist in the face is all you deserve from love you've misplaced.
It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.