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" For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. "

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" More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The Bags. The two-song 7-inch, released on Dangerhouse, had a girl on the cover who looked right at you with huge eyes. The songs, 'Survive' and 'Babylonian Gorgon,' were great and made many of my mix tapes. "

" You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop. "

" If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest. "

" I'd like to talk to Sean Hannity in a controlled environment and say, 'O.K., you can't interrupt and jump up and down like a professional wrestler.' "

" I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire. "

" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "

" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "

" I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious. "

" If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available. "

" I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. "

" A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process. "

" Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! "

" I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright. "

" Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often. "

" Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them. "

" Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred. "

" Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. "

" 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse. "

" America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds. "

" Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians. "

" I take the work seriously, just not myself in it. "

" There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. "

" Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars. "

" I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative. "

" One person's disaster is another person's talking point. "

" I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip. "

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" To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it's the 'way out there' that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan. "

" We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success. "

" I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view. "

" To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events. "