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" I wasn't raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people. "
Moby
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" If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people. "
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" I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga. "
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" I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness of the world. "
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" I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the quality of life for struggling families - I don't believe that government should bend to serve the needs of subsidized multi-national corporations and entitled billionaires. "
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" Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants. "
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" I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just absurd. Like, 'Boo hoo hoo! I have to stand on stage and people pay attention to me!' "
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" I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful. "
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" My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.' "
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" One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you. "
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" When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. "
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" My uncle is from Argentina, so I grew up hearing Spanish. My Spanish isn't very good, but my pronunciation isn't terrible. "
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Good
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" Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling. "
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" There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done. "
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" One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music. "
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Music
You
Movies
" I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook. "
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Not Knowing
" Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment. "
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" What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time. "
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" I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms. "
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Bad
Try
Road
" If you care about women's rights, you can't not vote. "
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" For years, my mom dated a man who was really active in the Baptist church in the town next to the town I grew up in, and so he used to drag me to these Baptist church services that lasted forever. I remember that I didn't like the church services, but I really liked the music. "
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" You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming. "
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" I live in New York and I love hanging out in gay clubs, and a lot of my friends are gay. But, for better or for worse, I'm not gay. "
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" People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way. "
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" There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed. "
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" But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. "
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" I've had insomnia since I was a little kid and I never sleep well. Sometimes I sleep very badly and sometimes I sleep slightly badly. I get it especially when I'm on tour because you cross a lot of time zones, and I'm not very adaptable. "
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" I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like. "
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Ideas
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" Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn. "
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Never
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" I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?' "
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You
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" Music is just air moving around. "
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