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"Well, I heard of Sunny Ade, and looks as if his music is gonna be big on a global level, because I was in London the other day and some people asked me to review the album."
"I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums."
"Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it's a huge antidote to that to have a concept album."
"I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it."
"Even though the album is an endangered species, can we try and make a coherent and good one, even if it's like making a horse and cart at a Nascar conference?"
"My message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection."
"The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray."
"I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album."
"I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album."
"You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy."
"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."
"I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums."
"It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues."
"To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge."
"I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in"
"Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!"
"Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!"
"I did LSD and peyote in the late Sixties, before I got into cocaine. That was concurrent with my change from a straight comic to the album and counterculture period, and those drugs served their purpose. They helped open me up."
"Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out. And I'm not about to jump up and down shouting, "Hey folks, look at me! I'm cool and groovy!" That's not what George Harrison is all about."
"But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs."
