Laurie Anderson

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Laurie Anderson is an experimental performance artist, visual artist and musician. Regardless of the medium, a common characteristic of all her work seems to be the act of storytelling. Laura Phillips Anderson was born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. <a href="htt

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5 total works indexed

1. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,357x

2. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

   · 1988 · cited 31,279x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,412x

4. Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions

   · 2006 · cited 14,521x

5. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

   · 2015 · cited 11,580x

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Music

Quotes

• “Good evening. This is your CaptainWe are about to attempt a crash landing...Place your tray tables in their upright, locked positionYour Captain says: Put your head on your kneesYour Captain says: Put your head in your hands...We are going downWe are all going down, together... Standby.”
• “Let X equal XYou know, it could be youIt's a sky-blue skyThe satellites are out tonight Let X equal X...You know, I could write a bookAnd this book would be thick enough to stun an ox'cause I can see the future, and it's a place...Thanks for all the presents...Thanks for introducing me to the Chief”
• “She said, it looksDon't you think it looks a lot like rain?He said, isn't it?Isn't it just, isn't it just like a woman?She said, it's hardIt's just hard, it's just kind of hard to say”
• “Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.”
• “And he said: Now, I'm the Soul Doctor, and you know, language is a virus from outer space, and hearing your name is better than seeing your face.”
• “And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them. We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow. We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out. But we are reaching for them. We are reaching for them.”

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Key facts

Born

Laura Phillips Anderson , ( 1947-06-05 ) June 5, 1947 (age 78) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.

Origin

Glen Ellyn, Illinois , U.S.

Genres

Art pop electronic avant-garde spoken word

Occupations

Musician composer performance artist electronic literature writer

Instruments

Violin keyboards percussion vocals

Years active

1969–present

Label

Warner Bros. , Nonesuch

Spouse

Lou Reed ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ; died 2013 ) ​

Website

laurieanderson .com

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Official website

www.laurieanderson.com

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