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" I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. "

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" Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell. "

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" When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. "

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" I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere. "

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" We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten. "

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" I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do. "

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