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" Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense. "
John Lydon
Else
Freedom
You
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" You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. "
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" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "
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" I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. "
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" I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. "
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" I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. "
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" I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. "
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" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "
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" Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. "
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" Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that. "
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" We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist. "
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" I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really. "
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" Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. "
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" Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you. "
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" I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars. "
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Full
Internet
" It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist. "
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Me
Clear
" You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on. "
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" The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. "
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Live
Radio
" I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out. "
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" There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners. "
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" I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. "
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Proud
Funny
Country
" I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. "
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Takes
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" I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one. "
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" Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. "
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" I like America's diversity and its landscapes. "
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" When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use. "
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" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
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" I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone. "
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" There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. "
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" Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. "
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