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"The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication."
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"I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted."

"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."

"Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best."

"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."

"I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it."
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"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."

"Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man."

"Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty."

"All I needed for the mind was to be led to new stations. All I needed for the heart was to visit a place of greater storms."

"Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography."
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