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Michael Stipe

"So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon."

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"So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon."

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Michael Stipe
"I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery."

Being

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Michael Stipe
"My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am."

Food

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Michael Stipe
"If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!"

America

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Michael Stipe
"We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring."

Death

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Michael Stipe
"Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin."

God

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Michael Stipe
"I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed."

Change

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Michael Stipe
"I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself."

Reading

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Michael Stipe
"So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day."

Music

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Michael Stipe
"When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes."

Money

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Michael Stipe
"There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that."

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Aberjhani

"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."

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Aberjhani

"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

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Aberjhani

"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."

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Aberjhani

"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

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Aberjhani

"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."

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Aberjhani

"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

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Aberjhani

"Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer."

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Aberjhani

"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

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Aberjhani

"Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups."

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Aberjhani

"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."

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