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" I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail. "

Henry Rollins

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" With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal. "

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" When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. "

" I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well. "

" Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on. "

" The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event. "

" Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front. "

" Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter. "

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" Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors. "

" Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of. "

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" Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own. "

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