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"My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind."
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"I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training."

"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."

"My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician."

"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."

"I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal."

"As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing."

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"My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant."

"I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference."

"Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves."

"Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say."

"I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence."
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