For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

Quote by Paula Cole

Topics: Anger Quotes, Compassion Quotes, Music Quotes, Pain Quotes

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death...

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death...

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of...

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of...

The monsters are in your own head.

The monsters are in your own head.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for...

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for...

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be...

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be...

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way...

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way...

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art...

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art...

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to...

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to...

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more...

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more...

Just watching my cats can make me happy.

Just watching my cats can make me happy.