As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

Quote by Laurie Anderson

Topics: Laurie Anderson Quotes

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

I hate zoos.

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.