"It's a battered old suitcase and a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal."
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"I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain."
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"They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing."
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"Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money."
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"Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain."
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"We are all just monkeys with money and guns."
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"We have a deficit of wonder right now."
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"it ain't no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones"
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"I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately."
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"I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch"
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"The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand..."
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"A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post."
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"I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
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"I was always laughing in church."
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"I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. 'occasionally' , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls."
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"Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German."
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"It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die."
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"It's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace, and a wound that will never heal. No prima donna, the perfume is on an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey. Goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers and goodnight, Matilda, too."
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"The Music was like Electric Sugar"
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"Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs."
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