I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist. Laura Nyro More Quotes by Laura Nyro More Quotes From Laura Nyro As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. Laura Nyro simplicity beautiful way All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there... I think of it as my serious playground. Laura Nyro responsibility writing thinking When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual. Laura Nyro religious spiritual writing Give me my freedom for as long as I be All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me And all I ask of dyin' is to go naturally... And when I die, and when I'm gone There'll be one child born, in our world To carry on, to carry on... Laura Nyro our-world long children My troubles are many They're deep as a well I swear there ain't no Heaven And I pray there ain't no hell But I'll never know by living only my dying will tell. And when I die and when I'm gone There'll be, one child born And a world to carry on, to carry on. Laura Nyro dying heaven children For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. It's about self-expression. It knows no package - there's no such thing. That's what being an artist is. Laura Nyro expression self art They say a woman's place Is to wait and serve Under the veil Submissive and dear But I think my place Is in a ship from space To carry me The hell out of here. Laura Nyro space waiting thinking There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to be. You can write the simplest song, and that's lovely, or you can just write a song that is abstract art. ... A lot of my songs are very serious, I'm like dead serious about certain things and I feel that I'm writing about the world, through my own eyes. ... I have a love for simple basic song structure, although sometimes you'd never know it. ... Most of the songs I wrote at night. I would just wake in the middle of the night. That's when I found the space to write. Laura Nyro eye song art Nothing cures like time and love. Laura Nyro time-and-love cures and-love I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find in dyin'. Well then let the time be near. And when I die and when I'm gone there'll be one child born and a world to carry on. Laura Nyro giving peace children Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again and breaking through barriers. Laura Nyro together-again world thinking There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to be. You can write the simplest song, and that's lovely, or you can just write a song that is abstract art. Laura Nyro writing song art I lost my eyes In east wind skies Here's where I've cried Where I've tried Where God and the Tendaberry rise Where Quakers and revolutionaries Join for life Laura Nyro eye sky wind Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only a little farewell lovespell Time to design a woman Laura Nyro design farewell heart I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning Laura Nyro morning believe jesus You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funky Laura Nyro cripples wall brain If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near. Laura Nyro wells dying death
