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" When I was living in Boston, I worked in this store that played the college radio station. I had to listen to it all day, and I didn't care for most of it. "
Win Butler
Most
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" The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral. "
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" I love my iPhone; it's great to have a camera around all the time. "
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" It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage. "
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" My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years. "
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" I'm not a good hipster - if I let my moustache grow for weeks, it just looks like I have dirt on my face. I'll never have a glorious handlebar moustache. "
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" I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn't even have cable, I just saw it at friends' houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it. "
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