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" Drag wasn't always counterculture. "

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" I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? "

" I do have this reputation for being a serious person. "

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" I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect. "

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" I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. "

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" I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world. "

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" In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. "

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