"Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs."

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"Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs."

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"Music is the melody whose text is the world."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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"Music is the language of the soul and the expression of deep inner feelings."

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"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

Martin Luther, German Leader

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"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever."

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"Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times."

Burning Spear, Jamaican Musician

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"One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be seen as a band that tours and plays old songs. We feel that we are making the best music of our careers."

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"It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me."

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"I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo."

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"I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment."

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"Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs."

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"One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change."

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"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."

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"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me."

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"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."

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"I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought."

Thought

"Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person."

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