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"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."
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"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."
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"Artists are traditionally resistant to labels."
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"It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together."
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"We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum."
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"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."
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"Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already."
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"When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going."
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"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude."
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"To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel."
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"Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty."
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"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."
Power
"Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples."
Life
"I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words."
Cause
"If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to."
Vanity
"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."
Artist
"I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."
Equality
"Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out."
Age
"Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route."
Perception
"Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
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"For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles."
Life
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