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There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don't think too many writers can say that.


Joy Fielding

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KIM FIELDING Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground... in New O...
JOY HARJO Find a way and make it happen: I've always been the type of person who couldn't rest until I...
JOY MANGANO I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
VANCE JOY I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my...
VANCE JOY It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what h...
VANCE JOY The fact I even get an opportunity to make one album is crazy. But if all goes to plan, I'll get...
VANCE JOY I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.
VANCE JOY I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
VANCE JOY I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never ...
VANCE JOY I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
VANCE JOY Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton are among my favorite actors.
VANCE JOY I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire....
VANCE JOY Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes fro...
VANCE JOY When I go to a gig and I hear a song that I really like, a song that hits home to me or hits an emot...
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