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" Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. "

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" You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. "

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" I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. "

" The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? "

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" I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. "

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