“All you have been, and seen, and done, and thought,
Not You but I, have seen and been and wrought:
I was the Sin that from Myself rebell'd:
I the Remorse that tow'rd Myself compell'd…”
The Conference of the Birds (1177)
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Millet is describing his development as artist to his friend and later biographer fr:Alfred_Sensier
Source: Jean-Francois Millet – Peasant and Painter, 1881, p. 44

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“I`ve been called just about everything, but I`ve always thought of myself as just a singer.”
As quoted on "ANNE MURRAY DOESN`T LIKE TO BE LABELED" by Steve Morse (Boston Globe), Chicago Tribune, 7 April 1985 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-04-07-8501190914-story.html