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"That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person."
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"Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!"

"Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight."

"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."

"Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly."

"My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness."
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"I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you."


"My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed."


"That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up."


"The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music."


"Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'."


"Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age."


"I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is."
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