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"This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome."
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"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."
"The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure."
"Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getting to San Fedora for his meeting with the Sheriff. And as a bounty hunter " even a good one with a lot of work, time is money. It seemed today that time was running out for Beck the Badfeller."
"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."
"Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket."
"And remember: without you, all we are is loud. No pressure."
"Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby."
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"When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion."
"When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice."
"I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper."
"I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap."
"I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question."
"I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song."
"It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic."
"People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back?"
"When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it."
"I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really."
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