6 Quotes & Sayings By Holly Near

Holly Near was born in Indiana in 1947. After attending the University of Michigan, she taught English at a high school in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she met her partner Peter Asher. They recorded their first album together in 1975, and when it sold two hundred thousand copies within two months, they decided to form a band. They toured the U.S Read more

in this guise for three years, opening for acts including Blondie and Talking Heads, before finding fame with another album in 1979. Their single "I Feel Love" became a hit that summer, but the band didn't follow it up with another record until the late '80s. The same year they appeared on Saturday Night Live, they broke up for good.

Near went on to establish herself as a solo artist with albums like I Want You (1982), Don't Make Me Wait (1985), and To Be Loved (1997), the latter two of which featured collaborations with David Byrne and James Rhodes.

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Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress. Holly Near
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The war on drugs is a war against the communities. Holly Near
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Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself. Holly Near
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If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. Holly Near
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The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count. Holly Near