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"Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument."
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"Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist."
"If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake--it's a glass of ice cream."
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"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
"Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves."
"I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence."
"Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage."
"You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth."
"The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion."
"I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference."
"Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say."
"My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant."
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