"After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art."
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"Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff."
"I don't really watch much TV. I watch old movies and stuff like that, so I'm not up to date. My favorite vampire movie would definitely have to be the one with Gary Oldman [Dracula]."
"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."
"New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes."
"And you should hear the music. Incredible, amazing music, like nothing you've ever heard, music that almost takes your head off, you know? That makes you want to scream and jump up and down and break stuff and cry."
"I remember very distinctly being so tall I didn't fit sleeves, so I ended up modeling lingerie and bathing suits, sleeveless stuff, basically. I didn't have a good body, but I believed I knew how to stand or pose to mask it."
"I've learnt so much from the people I've worked with, about how to listen to stuff as it's coming together and not force anything."
"I'm not a bible thumper, I'm not any of that stuff, but I do believe that the force is with us."
"He wasn't perfect or anything. He wasn;t your fairytale prince charming or whatever. He tried to be like that sometimes,but i liked him best when that stuff fell away."
"I'm the stuff men are made of!"
"It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff."
"There's so much stuff that has yet to be invented. There's so much new that's going to happen. People don't have any idea yet how impactful the internet is going to be and that this is still Day 1 in such a big way."
"I've been through a lot of stuff."
""Happy" feels good... I just like when stuff feels good."
"Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine."
"Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff."
"The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff."
"This oak tree and me, we're made of the same stuff."
"Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense."