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" The Music Machine is my favorite rock band ever. "
Lou Barlow
Music
Rock
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" The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time. "
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" NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play. "
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" To bicker over what could have been is silly. "
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" Every show I play is like a little celebration of something in my life that has gone really well. "
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" I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation. "
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" When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele. "
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" It just takes me awhile to get comfortable in any situation. "
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" Los Angeles was really beautiful, and California in general is a great place to live. "
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" Worry is a big part of my life. I definitely worry a lot. "
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Worry
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" I was cripplingly shy. When I was in high school, my teachers thought I was mentally disabled because I wouldn't be able to say anything or do anything. They thought I didn't speak. "
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" My voice is not very dynamic. "
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" I have to focus and keep things together as much as anyone with a real job... It's just that I know, from experience, that the more fun I have doing something that the more successful it will be. "
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" That's what I've figured out over the years - the way I write makes people feel uncomfortable. "
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