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"Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually writing the songs and getting out of mind and into the song."
"When I do these interviews, I get really nervous. And when I get nervous, it comes off as mellow for some reason."
"Most importantly fighters in my day knew the most important art in boxing - feinting."
"Schedules are impossible to me. I am excited to be on tour, but there are instances when I wish that I wasn't managed. The shows are fun, but six hour drives burn me out."
"Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few words will lock themselves into place. I might just get the first line. Then words just keep falling into the syllables. The choruses kind of write themselves and verses I have to work at a little bit."
"The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to gather people and then have information there. I think that's important to find that balance, a way to be able to turn people on to things at the shows, but also just have it be an entertainment experience for people who just want to hear music and dance and don't want the extra stuff."
"I have dashed across continents and oceans as a fugitive and have matched my wits with the police and secret agents seeking to deprive me of one of the greatest blessings man can have-liberty."
"I love playing my music and I love sharing the music with people. But at the same time, it is pretty taxing."
"The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats to injure me, the shots at my character-fighting those were my toughest battle."
"Careful living and correct training methods aided me a great deal, but I would say straight punching was the foundation of all my success."
"Plexi, plexi, bend don't shatter. Once you're broken, shape won't matter."
"Plato's cave is full of freaks."
"To be part of a community feels really good - to be among people who have similar feelings and want to share thoughts. It's a nice feeling."
"People are lonely, and only animals with fancy shoes."
"I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday, and sometimes I just have to be away from it. And that ends up writing the songs for me a little bit."
"He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man."
"We've all got the blood on our hands, we only receive what we demand."
"What about your mind, does it shine?"
"I can change the world with my own two hands"