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" I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail. "

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" Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine. "

" 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. "

" While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. "

" Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability? "

" I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore. "

" If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard. "

" I don't believe it mattered to Timothy McVeigh who was president or who his congressional representative was when he blew up the Murrah Building in 1995. "

" I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place. "

" I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of. "

" Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy. "

" There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. "

" America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave. "

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" I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are. "

" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "

" Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. "

" Harmony is boring. "

" I'm a professional food eater. "

" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "

" For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot of thinking. Besides Sun Studio, which helped put rock n' roll on the map all over the world, the legendary Stax Studio also called Memphis home. "

" In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea. "

" The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture. "

" I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none. "

" I don't know how much you follow current events. For some, there's not enough time to keep up on what's happening; for others, the news is too depressing, and peering too deeply fills one with boiling frustration all too quickly. "

" I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. "

" You can't get your head around something if you're yelling. "

" If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. "

" Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform. "

" I never thought about getting any tattoos removed. "

" We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it. "