Greta Salpeter Quotes

• A great song awakens something in your body / mind / spirit or history that you had forgotten about. It ignites some emotional kindling that you didn't even know you had stored. It awakens you to a possibility for the future - be it hope or excitement - that you never knew was possible.

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  Song, Emotional, Mind

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• A great song is the reason you want to jump out of your bed in the morning.

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  Song, Morning, Bed

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• I want them to have a desirable experience in whatever way that may manifest itself in each person.

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  May, Want, Way

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• I wrote a song at age five about algae on the pond by our house, then the next 'real' song was in fifth grade about an unrequited crush.

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  Crush, Song, Real

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• My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies, Elliott Smith, and a ton of 70's AM radio hits. I love powerpop too.

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  Zombie, Bob, Radio

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• From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim Harrison's book of ghazals. I love film and photography too, so many of my songs are very image rich from those influences.

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  Crush, Photography, Song

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• A good song is like a mannequin - its form makes sense, but there's no life. There should be memorable melody, thoughtful lyric, appropriate arrangement.

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  Song, Memorable, Thoughtful

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• Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original. It feels as if the performer is the only person who could bring it to life.

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  Song, Writing, Self

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• I'd be the outsider gal who undergoes a makeover in the end [in the 'The Breakfast Club' ].

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  Breakfast, Clubs, Outsiders

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