"And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to."
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"I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know."
"We didn't have another choice but to do what we did, if we wanted to be accepted, because we weren't counted as human beings."
"I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of time after the '74 tour. There was nothing definite that I wanted to record."
"I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out of the evolution of it."
"From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted."
"I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting."
"I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful of lasts."
"She wanted us to have more than five choices. Now we have none."
"It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by wine (I no longer know what it was)"
"I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head."
"I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy."
"Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much."
"i'm going to marry you. i thought you'd like to know in case you wanted to buy a dress or something."
"Money doesn't buy happiness, Gytha." "I only wanted to rent it for a few weeks!"
"Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain what you never dreamed you could."
"I wanted to only collab with women for Lovers Holiday."
"I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire."
"I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that."
"I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted."