![]() ![]() If I did, I would have stopped writing them. I sit around in gay bars with a notebook in one hand, a cocktail in the other, and a pen in the third hand. (laughs) Then I just eavesdrop on people's conversations. I try to choose bars without televisions because I'm not immune to them and I'll just end up watching them. However, if I have some music playing in the background, it helps. The autobiographical nature of my lyrics are no more important than those that are non autobiographical. When you perform live, how do you balance old and new material - is it simply based on how you feel that particular day, or is it an active compromise between what you know the audience wants to hear and the new material? The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side However if I use people's street addresses in the songs I usually take those out. That's not including the 100 songs I've written for theater. If we tried to keep those all rehearsed, we'd be lunatics. We usually practice 45 or 50 songs before a tour that we're able to play and figure out two sets that alternate. There are few songs in common between the two, so we don't get bored. Also it makes it more exciting for the people who come to see us on more than one night. When I'm done with a record and it's just come out, I'll listen to it a couple dozen times for fun. I try to listen to it the way that the audience will listen to it, which is of course, impossible. I will never be able to hear it the way other people hear it. I also need to remember which lyrics I ended up with. That's why I read from a lyric sheet at my shows. Otherwise I'll end up singing the lyrics I didn't use. It's really sad when you can't memorize your own songs, but I've written so many songs and so many versions. When you’re going through a health journey, you have a lot on your plate. CaringBridge replaces the time-consuming task of sharing your health news over and over. It’s a free, easy-to-use online journal for sharing health information with your family and friends.I used to try and perform without a lyric sheet and just memorize it the night before, but I always ended up messing up. ![]() Want some more inspiration? Visit our blog on motivational quotes for patients to learn more. Now that you have a great list of healing quotes to put in your back pocket, do you have a favorite quote that’s missing from the article? Please share in the comments below! “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.” “Our way is not soft grass it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. “Let my love like sunlight surround you and yet give you illumined freedom.” Lyric from Lead of Love by Caedmon’s Call “Had to walk the rocks to see the mountain view.” “And sometimes, against all odds, against all logic, we still hope.” “The forces that are for you are greater than the forces against you.” The intensity of the grief often proclaims the depth of our love.” “A smile doesn’t cost a cent, but draws a lot of interest.” “I don’t know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.” “When you go through deep waters I will be with you.” “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” “All our infirmities, whatever they are, are just opportunities for God to display his gracious work in us.” “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” ![]() “Barn’s burnt down - Now I can see the moon.” “Some people cannot be cured, but everyone can heal.” “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” “Hope is praying for rain, but faith is bringing an umbrella.” Many of these quotes were recommended by our own CaringBridge community! Wherever you are in the healing process, know that no matter what, you are not alone. If you need some inspiration, we compiled a list of 22 inspirational healing quotes to share with everyone. Sometimes a phrase or saying is exactly what is needed to find hope during dark times. Whether it’s you or a loved one going through a challenging period of life, it can sometimes be difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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