With Open Hands (1972)
Context: Only within this kind of life does a spoken prayer make sense. A prayer in church, at table or in school is only a witness to what we want to make of our entire lives. Such a prayer reminds us that praying is living and it invites us to make this an ever-greater reality. Thus, there are as many ways to pray as there are moments in life. Sometimes we seek out a quiet spot and want to be alone, sometimes we look for a friend and want to be together. Sometimes we like a book, sometimes we prefer music. Sometimes we want to sing out with hundreds, sometimes only whisper with a few. Sometimes we want to say it with words, sometimes with a deep silence.
“Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.”
Source: The Bromeliad Trilogy
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From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi
“Lyrics for songs written for the film; the music for the songs composed by Ennio Morricone.”
Sacco e Vanzetti (1971)
Podcast Series 2 Episode 2
On Life
Source: Queen of Dreams
Reported in Jay Babcock, " MUSIC IS NEVER WRONG: A visit with Josh Homme & John Paul Jones of Them Crooked Vultures http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/10/15/them-crooked-vultures/", Arthur Magazine (October 15, 2009).