"When I look at myself, I don't see the man I wanted to be."
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"I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big."
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"Nothing matters in the whole wide world when you're in love with a Jersey girl."
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"In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass."
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"I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information."
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"I was lucky I survived the motorcycle accident because I - bike went under the car. I flew out about 20 or 25 feet. I didn't have a helmet on. I hit my head on the pavement and knocked myself out, gave myself a brain concussion, screwed up my left leg. And I was - I was lucky then that I didn't get killed because I didn't have any protective clothing on whatsoever. And I took a pretty good beating. But, yeah, such was the nature of the day when the barber was called and Samson's locks were trimmed."
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"The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them."
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"Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on."
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"My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights."
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"You can revisit - the wonderful thing about my job is you can revisit your 22-year-old self or your 24-year-old self any particular night you want. The songs pick up some extra resonance, I hope, but they're still - they're there, and I can revisit that period of my life when I choose. So it's quite a nice experience."
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"Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free? If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making his way down the street? If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me."
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"I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless."
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"She's a walkin', talkin' reason to live."
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"Think of it this way: performing is like sprinting while screaming for three, four minutes. And then you do it again. And then you do it again. And then you walk a little, shouting the whole time. And so on. Your adrenaline quickly overwhelms your conditioning."
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"Your flag flyin' over the courthouse Means certain things are set in stone. Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"
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"I'm ready to grow young again"
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"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?"
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"Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself."
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"Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. The night's busted open. These two lanes will take us anywhere."
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"Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that."
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