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" Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. "
David Byrne
Mundane
Lot
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" Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out some of the songs that we felt weren't as strong as some of the others, so you look better. "
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" The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. "
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" I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster. "
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