"If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest."
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"If an American company has a drop of patriotic blood coursing through its system, then surely it would set up in America and employ Americans, right?"
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"Change is hard, but change is good."
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"As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not."
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"America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave."
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"A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere."
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"If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations."
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"I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none."
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"I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories."
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"The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me."
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"America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice."
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"You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop."
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"When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one bad guy and got your guys out of Iraq - I don't understand why he seems to inflame people so much. You know, unless, unless there's a race problem."
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"To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage."
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"To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money."
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"Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front."
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"When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done."
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"Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors."
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"Trayvon Martin did not need to die."
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"This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles."
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