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" Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life. "
David Byrne
Going
Sometimes
My Life
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" I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car. "
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" When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do. "
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" From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little. "
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" One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail. "
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