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" If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you. "
Robert Smith
You
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" I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor. "
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" I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there. "
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" If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start repeating yourself. I don't like to do that. "
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" Living, it's awful for me. "
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" I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston. "
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