Laura Nyro Quotes

Laura Nyro's words are raw and defiant, mixing life, love and identity into a fierce, honest chant.

32 quotes

1. I'm not scared of dying And I, don't really care If it' s peace you find in dying Well then, let the time be near.

2. My troubles are many They're deep as a well I swear there ain't no Heaven And I pray there ain't no hell But I'll never know by living only my dying will tell. And when I die and when I'm gone There'll be, one child born And a world to carry on, to carry on.

3. Give me my freedom for as long as I be All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me And all I ask of dyin' is to go naturally... And when I die, and when I'm gone There'll be one child born, in our world To carry on, to carry on...

4. I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning

5. You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funky

6. If you love me true And if you love me true I'll spend my life with you And Timer

7. Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only a little farewell lovespell Time to design a woman

8. So he swears he'll mever marry Says that cuddles are a curse Just tell him plain You're on the next train If love don't get you first

9. I lost my eyes In east wind skies Here's where I've cried Where I've tried Where God and the Tendaberry rise Where Quakers and revolutionaries Join for life

10. He got his mean streak from the gutter Got his kindness from God

11. I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug And die slow

12. She said 'I'm young enough I'm old enough In the city machine Where industries Fill the fish full of mercury'

13. Sage's light Oh and Edison He made two sparks ignite All you do It's a scientific chain reaction

14. They say a woman's place Is to wait and serve Under the veil Submissive and dear But I think my place Is in a ship from space To carry me The hell out of here.

15. The first feminism I expressed was long ago through melodies and rhythms, and a few years later my life caught up.

16. Seclusion from what? I do have a life other than on a vinyl record.

17. One thing I take seriously is having a baby. That's part of my feminism.

18. I feel like a soul mother in my prime, even if Columbia doesn't.

19. Rain and sun come in akin and from the sky. Come the lord and the lightnin. Stoned Soul surry surry surry surry.

20. Give me my freedom for as long as I be. All I ask of living is to have no chains on me. All I ask of living is to have no chains on me, And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.

21. Can you surry, Can you picnic? Can you surry, Can you picnic?

22. Often, when I was out working, it wasn't a big media thing. I've noticed that people don't know how much I've been singing over the years.

23. If I'm very drawn to something and if I can't resist it, I get it.

24. Give me my freedom for as long as I be all I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me.

25. Once I'm writing, I'm very disciplined. There's a certain magic. It's like you're living at a deeper current. It's a very complete feeling.

26. You're taking care of everyday things, but you're living at the edge of a song.

27. I've always kept music alive in my life.

28. Nothing cures like time and love.

29. Sometimes I have this sexism coming at me.

30. If, as an artist, I feel true to one thing and I'm being asked to give that up to do something else, that doesn't work.

31. And when I die and when I'm gone there'll be one child born and a world to carry on.

32. The 60's started spinning into a whirlwind, and outside of some recognition for my music, I felt like I was living inside a hurricane. My rhythm in life was free-spirited, and then it changed.