Melinda

“We’re in a time now where, more than ever, girls and young queer people create modern mainstream music and fan cultures with their outlooks and actions. They’re the ones at the helm of fan practices that the public have a vague awareness of: tweeting their favourite artist incessantly, writing fan fiction, religiously updating devoted social media profiles, buying ‘meet-and-greet’ tickets and following the band around to various show dates. This is slowly being acknowledged, in part for the money it generates for a changing music industry, and in part because of the ‘women in music’ literature that has been published in the 2010s.”
― Hannah Ewens, Fangirls

“But there’s only so long you can blame what you’ve been through for what you do. At some point, you gotta blame yourself.”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“In America, one of my professors said once that the best art comes from an unbearable life—if you live through it, that is.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“Most people obsess on regrets in their past or anxieties in their future. I call this “time-travelling”. The past and future don’t exist. They are memories and speculation, neither of which you have any control over. You don’t need to time travel anymore. You can live right now.”
― James Altucher, Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream