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"I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records."
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"The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company."

"This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it."

"Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently."

"It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine."

"I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12."

"I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company."

"I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me."

"I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you."
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