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Natalie Merchant Quotes

b. 1963 United States

Natalie Merchant (born 26 October 1963) is an American singer, song-writer, musician and poet who first gained fame in the group 10,000 Maniacs which she co-founded in 1981.

United States
20th-century poets
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Also known as: Merchant Natalie, Merchant, Natalie

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It’s pretty obvious to everyone that the revolution has happened.

There's no other piece of furniture in my home I'd stare at for three hours at a time, so I try not to do it to the TV.

I'm just so fascinated by it once I turn it on, I'm not even that aware what's there. I'm just watching it. So I don't ever turn it on.

I tell you life is sweet
in spite of the misery
there's so much more...

After spending nearly 20 years contracted to a major label, I have mixed feelings about their demise.

Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest
a god damned hurricane
your common sense
your best defense
lay wasted and in vain.

There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, "I disagree."

I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads
how I confound you and astound you...

I know that it will hurt
I know that it will break your heart
the way things are
and the way they've been...

The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal gray
lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Natalie Merchant (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.