Appropriate quote for Essay? (Princeton)

College Essays
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<p>Howdy,
I'm answering the Princeton essay question that is prompted by:</p>

<p>"Using a favorite quotation from an essay or book you have read in the last three years as a jumping off point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the world. Please write the quotation at the beginning of your essay."</p>

<p>For this I wrote a great essay, and I found a perfect quote to go with it, one that encapsulates my essay perfectly. </p>

<p>The only thing, is that the quote comes from Jimi Hendrix. Do you think it would be appropriate to use a Jimi Hendrix quote as the jumping off point for an essay for Princeton? It says to use a quote from an "essay or book", and seeing as how it is Jimi Hendrix, it might be assumed that the quote came from a song. Should I not use this quote?</p>

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<p>They are not going to use a litmus test when judging creative essays.</p>

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<p>Hey everyone, resurrecting this thread to ask a similar question.</p>

<p>When Princeton talks about using the quote as “jumping off point”, what does that mean? Should we use the quote in our essay? Base our essay entirely on the quote?</p>

<p>For example, I wrote an essay for a different prompt that works quite well for Option #3’s quote ‘‘Some questions cannot be answered./ They become familiar weights in the hand,/ Round stones pulled from the pocket, unyielding and cool.’’. My essay is about how I will never be able to answer a certain question, but how that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. </p>

<p>Is that fine, or must I make the essay link directly to the quote?</p>

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<p>i had the same question…</p>