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" Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me. "
Rock
Masses
Me
" I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better! "
Art
Trouble
Now
" I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws. "
Flaws
Nature
Sense
" I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically. "
Way
Like
Four
" I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist. "
Myself
Musicians
Jazz
" I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly. "
Singer
Been
Comfortable
" My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players. "
Style
Fast
Professional
" My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so the way kids used to talk got into our earlier songs. "
School
Talk
Writing
" People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind. "
Say
Afraid
Mind
" Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music. "
Nothing
Business
Everything
" Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett. "
Singer
Ray
Me
" We're not getting any younger. "
Any
Younger
Getting
" What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile? "
You
Worthwhile
Transform
" When you get a groove going, time flies. "
Time Flies
Time
Going
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