Pat Pattison > Quotes

“I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.”
― Pat Pattison

“Remember this fundamental fact: You are absolutely unique. There never was, is not now, nor ever can be anyone exactly like you. The proof lies in the vaults of your senses, where you have been storing your sense memories all your life. They have come cascading in through your senses, randomly and mostly unnoticed, sinking to the bottom. Learn to dive for them. When you recover one, when you rise with it to the surface and hold it aloft, you will not only surprise your onlookers, you will surprise yourself.”
― Pat Pattison, Writing Better Lyrics

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. —ANTON CHEKHOV”
― Pat Pattison, Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice