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"I'm not trying to be the new anybody."
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"I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it."

"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious."

"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."

"We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be."

"I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am."

"Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in."

"I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."

"Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it."
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"There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back."

"I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about."

"I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun."

"But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really."

"So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all."
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