"I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day."
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"As you practice things, you get better. I mean I've worked very hard on changing my life and taking what is good about it and trying to jettison the things I think were not good about it. I think the key word is "discipline," focus. I'm always working at it, but I'm not always successful."
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"Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in quotes, imaginary. There is nothing on the canvas when you start; and writing a song, there is nothing there when you start."
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"I'm too old to do things by half"
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"Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side."
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"One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do."
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"I'm still not sure I didn't die"
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"I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act."
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"I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is."
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"I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass."
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"To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable."
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"People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them."
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"What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking."
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"I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play."
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"I love women, I think they're great."
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"Please don't set me free Death means a lot me"
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"But it's the things that preceded it that made that happen, and of course now someone like me thinks, well, if I can do that... then there are a lot of other things that are possible."
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"Let's do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist"
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"Moving on has allowed me to know who I am and to be present in all that I do. I take this forward in my work and in my personal relationships. It is a powerful program and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to move on with their life."
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"I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that."
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