"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
"I suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly write songs like that?" I remember starting to try and write songs around that age, but just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, and try to come up with ideas for songs, and that's just what I've done ever since. I just never really stopped doing that, I suppose."
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Source: iRobot: From R2-D2 to practical robots. fortune.com. August 14, 2014.
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