“I've felt since I was a kid this desperate longing to be closer to - I...” — Adrianne Lenker Quote

I've felt since I was a kid this desperate longing to be closer to - I don't know what. Just to something bigger, to be in conversation with the mystery of everything.

Well, whenever I visit New York it feels pretty romantic, so I sometimes think about coming back here. But then I wonder if it's just 'cause I'm visiting that it feels so good. But also, Minnesota. I could imagine myself finding a place in Minneapolis.

I never went through a wave of hating Christianity, even though my parents were born-again Christians, and there were a lot of ideas that were being practiced that I think were misguided.

With music, when you finish a record, you are entwined with it throughout your existence in a way which is both interesting and challenging because it's a living form, you have to come back to it.

By turning from the surface, one comes closer to the inner laws of matter, which are also the laws of the Spirit.

I was 29 years old. I was still playing professional basketball. And then I get this opportunity, you know, of coaching. And I was probably more afraid of being responsible for young people that's closer to my age than anything. So the responsibility part of it really just frightened me just a little bit.

I especially like the Padstow area and the south coast near Portloe. It's lovely, though I do wish it was a bit closer to London.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.