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"The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records."
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"Excellence never seeks excuses."
"Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound."
"Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done."
"Don't pay attention to people Who tell you can't do it at lenght. Trusting your own instincts Can lead to what's quintessential. Make their limitation be your strenght. You might as well contradict them And then reach your full potential."
"Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride."
"A successful person's life is made up of a time when he gets out of bed, and a time he goes to bed; and in-between them is filled up with a time that he makes sure something definitely happened!"
"Then, without postponing anything, build a structure that will allow you to transform this vision into reality."
"Don't measure life against time. Measure life by the milestones you have reached."
"Mark this on your wall and remember it always: The greatest single most powerful enemy to success is success itself."
"Seek wisdom, and success will find you."
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"Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise."
"There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now."
"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
"When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it."
"It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something."
"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."
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