"I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage."
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"My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets. Streets to define you and streets to confine you, with no sign of motorway, freeway or highway."
"Surrealism runs through the streets."
"I loved the fact that I was suddenly no longer dependent on whether a store took out an ad in the right place, or on the word on the street."
"If I see a cool chick in the street, I'll watch her going by, won't I?"
"Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street."
"If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets."
"I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking"
"One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house."
"I am alone in this white, garden-rimmed street. Alone and free. But this freedom is rather like death."
"Communication is not a one-way street."
"I will always dance in the street."
"If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote."
"People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good."
"Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it."