Right after I graduated, my ...

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.
Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.
 Mike Gordon

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.
 Mike Gordon
We have access to more resources in general, and they are not going to force a situation on us, whether its the producer, or the cover, or what songs we have to play. And it's a small enough company that it seems like the people there care about music and not just about business.
 Mike Gordon
I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.
 Mike Gordon