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" I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire. "
Henry Rollins
You
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" I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power. "
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" Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of. "
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" My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice. "
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" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "
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" Harmony is boring. "
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" Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. "
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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. "
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" I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories. "
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" I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males and females. We see them as different and not equal. "
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" More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The Bags. The two-song 7-inch, released on Dangerhouse, had a girl on the cover who looked right at you with huge eyes. The songs, 'Survive' and 'Babylonian Gorgon,' were great and made many of my mix tapes. "
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" I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do. "
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" I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me. "
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" In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. "
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" Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming. "
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" I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative. "
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" Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice. "
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" For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. "
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" The truth is an anti-war statement in itself. "
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" Without an education, you won't have a future. "
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" I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on. "
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" There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. "
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" Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. "
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" I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. "
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" It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. "
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" You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop. "
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" I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy. "
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