The text for me is the musical score. I'm the instrument. My voice is the instrument. My voice … - Anne Waldman

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Every day you must try to make yourself grow. This you can do.

Anne Waldman

The text for me is the musical score. I'm the instrument. My voice is the instrument. My voice is articulating the sounds which are coming through the imaginings and visitations in my head, and I'm making these sounds but I've selected them from an ocean of sound.

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I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon.

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