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" If you start to analyze what you do, it can paralyze you. "

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" I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things. "

" I don't want to become too self-conscious - it's why I never read reviews, even the good ones. "

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