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" Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down. "

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" I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power. "

" It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting Rights Act was a head scratcher, but at least he was calm when he attempted to justify his odd logic. "

" August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer. "

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" To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all. "

" I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person. "

" Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. "

" I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. "

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" At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a Constitution, something far more containable and understandable. I don't exactly know what it is, but at these times I feel completely woven into it. "

" I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. "

" For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes. "

" And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. "

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" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "

" The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible. "

" Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. "

" Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. "

" To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money. "

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" Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do. "

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" I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work. "

" Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year? "

" The world's a better place since I chose music. "