Rock of Ages

I like to think that there will always be something, in somebody's life, that's holding them back.

But what you have to decide is if you're gonna simply stare at it, or grab it and push it back by the horns.

If you have a dream, don't wait around. Take it.

Pursue it.

Study it.

And get goddamn good, at what you love. Because the person who loves you, doesn't want it any other way.

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Savannah Casiano has lived her entire life this way, to the tee: Wake up. Go to school. Take care of sister. Take care of mom.

And she's tired, my god is she tired.

She's grown up in a place where the only escape ever available was through the sweet sound of rock n roll. She's owned it. It's practically hers.

And she's never really thought about it, until someone pushes her to the limit.

"No hard feelings?" he asks.

My lips were set in a firm line. "None."

He was gone; but something very raw, and very fiery had been replaced.

I think I was going to start a band.