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" I watch the news. It fuels my rage; it informs my work. "

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" The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either. "

" I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success. "

" If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self. "

" If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' "

" The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about. "

" I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name. "

" To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But rather than waste time solving that problem, No Wavers ignored it. The point was simply to make music, not to learn how first. "

" Think your own thoughts. "

" Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything... but you don't have to be miserable about it as well. "

" I've always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you've got to tell a bigger truth in whatever you're doing, but the truth is not popular. "

" Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that it's completely unrelated to everything that came before. "

" People have always asked me, 'Haven't you wanted to sell out?', and it's like, who am I going to sell to? "

" I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats. "

" Two of my favourite books are Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and 'Tropic of Capricorn.' "

" Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. "

" I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. "

" I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction. "

" Honesty works against you in the entertainment field. I try to be a journalist and a documentarian, but that doesn't mean that people are going to embrace it at the moment. The point is I'm leaving the mark of my hysteria and the political hysteria, and that's it... I can only do what I do. "

" Politics are always involved, even in my love songs. "

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" I am a humanist not a feminist. There's a big difference. "

" I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision. "

" Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success. "

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" Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is. "