"Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold."
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"Technically, I'm not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion."
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"As long as we live there is never enough singing."
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"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music."
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"Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality."
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"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."
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"It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness."
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"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself."
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"The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall."
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"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
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"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."
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"If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams."
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"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
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"Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?"
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"Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel."
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"Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together."
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"Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
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"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
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