"I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down."

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"I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down."

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"It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things."

Music

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"Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy."

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Mistake

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Literature

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Cinema

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