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" Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right. "

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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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" 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'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all. "

" I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. "