Laurie Anderson piosenki

It was the night flight from Houston. Almost perfect visibility. You could see the lights from all the little Texas towns far below. And I was sitting next to a fifty-two year old woman who had never been on a plane before. And her son had sent her a ticket an...

In 1978, I spent some time in California in the fall, Looking for a quiet place to live. I finally found what seemed to be the perfect apartment. But the night after I moved in I heard a tremendous pounding sound. As it turned out, I had moved in right above a...

I live on the highway near the Puppet Motel. I log in every day. I know the neighborhood well. Now about the residents of the Puppet Motel They're more than a little spooky And most of them are mean. They're runnin' the numbers They're playin' cops and ro...

Around 1978, I met the comedian, Andy Kaufmann. And he was performing this avant-garde Elvis act in a club in Queens. The performance started with Andy playing the bongos, And for some unknown reason, sobbing. We became friends and I acted as Andy's straight...

Now the book is called Stories from the Nerve Bible and what I mean by the Nerve Bible is the body. And parts of the body appear and disappear throughout the book, adding up to a kind of self-portrait although not a very naturalistic one. And I used the word B...

In 1984, as part of the press for the tour I was doing in Japan, I was asked to go to Bali and speak about the future with the prince of Ouboud. Now the idea was that I would represent the Western world, the prince the Southern world, and the Japanese press r...

A stranger came into our town at twilight. He said he had chosen our town out of all the other towns. He said, "Roll out the red carpet." He said, "I'm the one you have been waiting for." He said, "I've come to serve you--no questions asked. So let's make...

In 1974, I went to Mexico To visit my brother Who was working as an anthropologist With Tsutsil Indians, The last surviving Mayan tribe. And the Tsutsil speak a lovely birdlike language And are quite tiny physically; I towered over them. Mostly, I spent my d...

Sky flying birds. Flying over cities. Flying over mountains, Sky flying moon. Sailing over wide plains. Pulling on the oceans. Snow flies around. Snow flies around. Snow flies around. It's falling on the circus. Falling on the circus. Snow flies around. Sno...

The detective novel is the only novel truly invented in the twentieth century. In the detective novel, the hero is dead at the very beginning. So you don't have to deal with human nature at all. Only the slow accumulation of facts ... of data ... In science...

I saw an man on the Bowery and he was wearing ancient, greasy clothes and brand-new bright white socks and no shoes. Instead, he was standing on two small pieces of plywood and as he moved along the block, he bent down, moved one of the pieces slightly ahead...

Last night I dreamed I died and that my life had been rearranged into some kind of theme park. And all my friends were walking up and down the boardwalk. And my dead grandmother was selling cotton candy out of a little shack. And there was this big ferris...

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the only people living in the American colonies were the Indians, a few scattered pilgrims, and lots of British troops. Communication between Britain and the colonies was confused and chaotic. King George told the troo...

It's a good time far bankers and winners and sailors With their stories of jackpots and islands of pleasure They keep their treasures locked in Iron Mountain Locked in Iron mountain, They're sailing through this transitory life. They're moving through this tra...

Was ist das Prinzip? What is the principle? Das Prinzip ist folgenes: The principle is as follows: Klang besteht aus Wellen. Sound is composed of waves. Wenn die Wellen sich zu Formen beginnen, horen wir das als Klang. When the wave form begins, we hear...

I saw a lot of trees today. And they were all made of wood. Well, they were wooden trees—and they were made entirely of wood. Well, I came home today and you were all on fire. Your shirt was on fire. And your hair was on fire. And flames were licking all a...

I wanted you. And I was looking for you. But I couldn't find you. I wanted you. And I was looking for you all day. But I couldn't find you. I couldn't find you. You're walking. And you don't always realize it, but you're always falling. With each step...

It's midnight downtown. It's been raining for days Rain beats down. It covers the streets with its sparkling skin. In the deli purple light A woman in a party dress pays for some milk Yellow cab stops for a light Two men in black hats are running A messenger...

What Fassbinder film is it? The one-armed Man walks into a flower shop and says: What flower expresses Days go by And they just keep going by endlessly Pulling you Into the future. Days go by Endlessly Endlessly pulling you Into the future. And the fl...

In 1980, as part of a project called Word of Mouth, I was invited, along with eleven other artists, to go to Panape, a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific. The idea was that we'd sit around talking for a few days and that the conversations would be made...