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"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

"Genius is nothing but continued attention."

"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."

"Genius is finding the invisible link between things."

"Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few."

"This was genius at close quarters, and genius had that something above normal in it that was a great strain upon the ordinary mind and feeling. All five were different from each other, yet each had that curious quality of burning intensity, the single-mindedness of purpose that made such a terrifying impression. She did not know whether it were a quality of brain or rather a quality of outlook, of intensity. But each of them, she thought, was in his or her way a passionate idealist."

"Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant."
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"I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame."

"I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people."

"Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think."

"Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it."

"I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear."

"I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."
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