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"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."
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"The job description, like most, used complicated words that made job-hopefuls hesitant to apply because it may be out of their range of capability."

"We are so used to working that not working is the new hard work."

"Wherever you work, work hard and educate yourself continuously. You must never forget social welfare, ethics and honesty. However, there is no guarantee for your career progression. Therefore, don't expect that only the best people will be promoted."

"And yet, troublingly, there is one difference between 'labour' and other elements [raw materials, machinery] which conventional economics does not have a means to represent, or give weight to, but which is nevertheless unavoidably present in the world: the fact that labour feels pain."

"A salary is a tax employers pay, every four weeks, for putting an employee's dream on hold."

"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

"Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy."

"To some women, a job plays the role of a man. To most women, a man plays the role of a job."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."
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"I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music."


"I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life."


"Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it."


"We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not."


"I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best."


"There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell."


"I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired."


"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."


"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."
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