Holly Near
Holly Near
Holly Nearis an American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth6 June 1949
CityUkiah, CA
CountryUnited States of America
children selfish believe
I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children
music song ideas
Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.
music long singing
It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.
heart just-one
Peace can start with just one heart.
bridges water risk
All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.
men thinking essentials
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
journey men class
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.
perspective culture dominant
I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.
digging relative-truth relative
We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under.
struggle believe silver-platter
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.
mistake mistakes-youve-made people
People love to hear the mistakes you've made.
thinking singing way
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.
important lines singers
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.
grown involved
My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.