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"Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost."

"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."

"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."

"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."

"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
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"Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that."

"What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business."

"But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it."

"There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always felt it's interesting to play there. Maybe they just drink more than anybody else."

"We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it happens to every human being. I don't think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired."

"What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time."

"Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us."
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