"There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal."
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"I got religion in the airport, my Lord. They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored."
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"It is better to burn out then fade away"
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"It was then I knew I'd had enough, Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand With a one-way ticket to the land of truth And my suitcase in my hand"
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"Link Wray... He was the beginning of Grunge, way before anybody you know."
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"Every junkie is like a setting sun."
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"I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things."
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"Being sued by your own record company, that's even better than receiving a Grammy"
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"Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. And I try to forgive them anyway I can."
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"Nothing is perfect...We're really more interested in what we're saying than how we're saying it."
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"Keep on rockin' in the free world."
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"I try not to look back. I'm looking forward. I'm worried more about what I'm going to do next week than I am what I did last week. There are too many things to do. Looking back is for everybody else."
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"Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you were."
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"Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know"
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"Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke."
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"Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth."
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"Hate was just a legend and war was never known. The people worked together and they lifted many stones."
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"In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary."
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"And you can't get away from a mirror if you stand in front of it all the time, right. But if you step away from it, you don't notice it any more. And that's what the stage is like for me. See, an image becomes meaningless in as much as it's always temporary."
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"When I speak out on corporations hurting the common man or the environment or other species, I expect a well-financed disinformation campaign to be aimed my way."
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