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"I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce."
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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."

"Music heals all forms of misery."

"The man can neither make, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels."

"The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible."
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"It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays."

"They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist."

"I hated my brief fame. We had TV vans camped outside my house, reporters hounded me... people i'd know for years started treating me differently."

"Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking."

"I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing."

"There's so much excellent new music around that I can't afford to buy it all and I haven't the time to review as much as I'd like. I can't remember a better time to be a musician or to listen to music!"

"We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us."

"Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe."
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