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" I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five. "

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" It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure. "

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" Music is like a huge release of tension. "

" Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. "

" When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity. "

" If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours. "

" You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. "

" I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others. "

" Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. "

" The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. "

" I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. "

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" I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. "

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