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Adam Jones

"I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands."

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"I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands."

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"Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel."
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"If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault."
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"That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it."
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"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."
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