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" I think the audience for Limp Bizkit is probably not going to be particularly interested in what we're doing. I don't think they'll find much that satisfies them in what we do. "
Walter Becker
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" The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon. "
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" I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned. "
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" What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess. "
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" It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out. "
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" In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players. "
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" We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric. "
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" It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency. "
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" ABC had all these schlocky, bubblegum acts, and we had to come up with suitable material for them. In which we were amazingly unsuccessful. "
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" We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do. "
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" I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people. "
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You
People
Great
" When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically. "
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Spirit
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" I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music. "
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Any
Just
" With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive. "
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" Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion. "
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Rock
Being
Fashion
" It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that. "
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Got
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Great
" The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves his dream but about a broken dream of a broken man living a broken life. "
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" Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.' "
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Like
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" Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music. "
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Choice
Like
Music
" It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process. "
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" Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are. "
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" We fly to the town in the little private airplane, and then we have to get in cars and drive to the hotel and then drive to the gig. So, I want to do a tour where the performances will actually be at the small airports. "
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" 'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it. "
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" It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album. "
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Bother
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