Zitat des Tages von Joy Harjo:
I come from a long line of revolutionaries.
My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.
I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young.
We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.
I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian.
Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.
Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.
I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.
I've been present at birth, and death is just as present and in equal balance. And I've been present at death, and birth is just as present, again in equal balance.
You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.
Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.
When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.
