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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'"

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Band

"I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail."

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Herbie Mann Jazz Musician
Band

"Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way? My new band, we're playing stuff that's never been done before."

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Lily Allen Singer-Songwriter
Band

"Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me."

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Kid Rock Musician, Actor
Band

"There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him. You know, you can trace it back from how old you are and the boy bands that came along then and the teen sensations and whatnot. And, you know, good for them. There's a few of them that make it out and a few of them that don't."

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Jose James Musician, Singer
Band

"I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them with a minimum of direction, and you just let the music happen. I've seen it work time and time again."

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