If you want to kill off a child's interest in music, get them a recorder. Lawrence English More Quotes by Lawrence English More Quotes From Lawrence English I have optimism and am incredibly hopeful for the future. I often say to friends, it's always darkest before the dawn, and lets be frank there's a lot of darkness out there right now, at least at a macro level. But once you drill down through that I think there's so much light, or at least the chance for it to erupt and illuminate the dark. Lawrence English optimism dark thinking I honestly feel, that difficult periods can be used as a means for radical rethinking and reconnection with some of the fundamental qualities that have made human societies and communities worthwhile and valuable. We all just need to strive towards these new ways of being. Lawrence English quality community mean That the mechanisms of mass-production, which feed the demand for endlessly growing consumption in one generation can radically effect the possible futures for subsequent generations. Furthermore, to undo the effects of one generation's actions is not temporally relative. What is done, cannot be undone in the same timeframe. Like the factories themselves, the effects linger, they haunt us long after their final breath. Lawrence English done action long Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at all times, and especially in these times! Our voices have never been so very critical. Lawrence English political voice doe The wonderful thing about sound is that it is invitational, so ultimately each person is going to find their own relation to the material. Lawrence English sound relation wonderful
