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" If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet. "

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" I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage. "

" To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special. "

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" When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it. "

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