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" Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged. "
Henry Rollins
Lost
Song
Joy
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" When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes what was fine left on its own. "
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" Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. "
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" Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's. "
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" There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful. "
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" To my ears, jazz sounds better in warm weather and after the sun has gone down. While I will listen to some of my favorite jazz records in cooler weather, it's the warmer nights that really make them come alive. Something about those sounds and the heat of the night really makes it happen for me. "
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" Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. "
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" Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it. "
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" Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. "
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" I think it's important to have some documentation of the past. "
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" I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. "
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Work
Time
" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "
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" Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. "
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Me
Love
" I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. "
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" As performers grow older, I reckon there are two ways they can go. They can either be up there, playing more deeply from their guts than ever, or they can be phoning it in so crassly that it leaves a lump in your throat as you leave the venue at the end of the show. "
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Grow
More
Leave
" As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it. "
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Appreciation
Teen
Too Much
" I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.' "
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People
Free
Me
" Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the time, the only difference in the album is the matrix number or a different 'made in' notation on the back cover or label. This is enough to make some people extremely excited. Actually, much more than excited. "
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People
Back
Band
" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "
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Shot
Alone
Room
" To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money. "
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Someone
" Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent. "
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" There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. "
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Time
Mind
" I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much. "
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First Amendment
Censorship
First
" Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. "
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Me
Down
" The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.' "
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Best
Compliment
" 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse. "
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Duck
Democracy
" I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. "
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Want
Through
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" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "
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Good
Over
Life
" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "
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Feel
Truth
Touch
" It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face. "
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Great
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You
" I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us. "
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