Quotes from NatalieMerchant.com
Contexto: I don’t want to overdo discussing my experience of motherhood, its too private and profound to parade around. I will say that carrying a child, giving birth to a child and raising that child up has made me feel more engaged and connected to others. I have a greater understanding of people (living past & present). We all begin so pure, so innocent and so hungry for physical and emotional comfort. It’s so important that every baby be generously cherished, fed and comforted. I can see now how withholding these essentials can do irreparable damage. Now (post-baby) when I encounter a sad or aggressive character, I wonder what the first three years of his or her life were like. Imaging them alone, crying in their cribs has given me much more compassion.
Natalie Merchant: Frases em inglês
We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect President.
The Nation (15 July 1991)
Orlando Sentinel (6 November 1992)
Contexto: I grew up as a TV baby, with my TV babysitter, up until I was about 10. Then my mother just ripped the thing out of the wall and put it in a closet, and we didn't watch it. I have that sort of ability to become addicted to it. And 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 get my news from the newspaper. I don't want to watch the Hollywood news product on TV... 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.
“It’s pretty obvious to everyone that the revolution has happened.”
Quotes from NatalieMerchant.com
Contexto: It’s pretty obvious to everyone that the revolution has happened. The People can now easily cut out a hoard of middlemen (record companies, radio stations, music press and retail shops). With a series of computer strokes they can find the music they want to hear, become informed about the musicians who make it, find other people who share their interest and ultimately either buy, trade or steal that coveted sound.
Orlando Sentinel (6 November 1992)
Contexto: I grew up as a TV baby, with my TV babysitter, up until I was about 10. Then my mother just ripped the thing out of the wall and put it in a closet, and we didn't watch it. I have that sort of ability to become addicted to it. And 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 get my news from the newspaper. I don't want to watch the Hollywood news product on TV... 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.
Quotes from NatalieMerchant.com
Contexto: After spending nearly 20 years contracted to a major label, I have mixed feelings about their demise. These companies have profited immensely from your insatiable desire for listening and helped musicians for several decades to reach you. They grew fat and excessive. They exploited and they monopolized. They edited and censured. They’ve been rapidly losing their means of production, distribution and promotion to the internet. They have been economizing by dropping artists, cutting staff and folding into one another but they can’t keep up with the pace of disintegration. You might not have ever heard my name if Elektra Records hadn’t made me one of their artists for hire. I’m both grateful and resentful and you probably are too.
“I tell you life is sweet
in spite of the misery
there's so much more”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Life Is Sweet
Contexto: they told you life is hard
it's misery from the start
it's dull and slow and painful
I tell you life is sweet
in spite of the misery
there's so much more
be grateful
“don't spread the discontent
don't spread the lies
don't make the same mistakes
with your own life”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Break Your Heart
Song lyrics, Our Time In Eden (1992), These Are Days
Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), What's The Matter Here?
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Kind & Generous
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Ophelia
Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), City of Angels
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Ophelia
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Break Your Heart
“people see me
I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads
how I confound you and astound you”
Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Wonder
Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), The Worst Thing
Variante: once I came close to that most elusive fire
burning with hopeless love and desire
but it was just about the worst thing that I could do
it was just about the worst thing I could do
“who'll save the poor little girl?
oh, Henry…
who'll tell the story of her?
Henry Darger”
Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Henry Darger
Song lyrics, Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Trouble Me
“I need
a lullaby
a kiss goodnight
angel sweet
love of my life
o, I need this”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), My Skin
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Break Your Heart
“o, I need
the darkness
the sweetness
the sadness
the weakness
I need this”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), My Skin
Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Wonder
“your face saving promises
whispered like prayers
I don't need them”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), My Skin
Quotes from NatalieMerchant.com
“once I was open, could hope, I had no doubt
but that was the worst thing that I could do”
Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), The Worst Thing