"Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle."
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"To keeping silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Though my life was in a rut 'Til I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut"
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"The outside world is black and white with only one color dead."
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"One doubt, one voice, one war, one truth, one dream."
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"Yeah, in the digital world, it is so much easier to put stuff out without a great deal of paraphernalia and fanfare."
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"They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my mouth to let those big words come on out."
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"I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there."
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"Holding still for a moment, what a moment this is, Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss"
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"Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing stretching every nerve I had to listen, had no choice"
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"The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb"
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"I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music."
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"Concerning iTunes, the deals have mainly been done with the record companies. But the artists, with some exceptions, haven't been very well-represented. This is partly because the record companies have largely been copyright owners."
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"The earthly power sucks shadowed milk from sleepy tears undone, from nippled skin as smooth as silk the bugles blown as one."
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"Once the flames begin to catch the wind will blow it higher, oh Biko, Biko."
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"I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear."
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"I stood in this unsheltered place, 'til I could see the face behind the face."
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"I love 5.1. Sometimes you can't squeeze everything in comfortably into a stereo picture. There is a lot more space in a 5.1 environment."
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"When we started OD2 in 1999, we were really expecting to work more with independents and so on because the major labels were spending millions on their own Pressplay and equivalents online, which haven't been very successful."
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"There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil."
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"With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man. In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man."
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