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" Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions. "
Henry Rollins
Marriage
Service
Perfect
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" Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things. "
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" Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged for a bucketing by many of their fans but actually got one from the band's guitar player, Tom Morello. "
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" It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something. "
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" Live music is the cure for what ails ya. "
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" I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster. "
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" I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. "
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" When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.' "
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" If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism. "
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" In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. "
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" Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of. "
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" Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. "
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" To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need. "
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" Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year? "
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" If I'm jetlagging, and I've missed some meals, and it gets to that point in a movie that you're supposed to cry, I'll let my defences down from around my inherent standing level of cynicism, and I'll cry. "
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" When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can't get any satisfaction in over forty years of being in the Rolling Stones, I have to conclude that he's either lying or not all that bright. "
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" If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record. "
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" When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one bad guy and got your guys out of Iraq - I don't understand why he seems to inflame people so much. You know, unless, unless there's a race problem. "
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" The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. "
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" Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star. "
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