"I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down."

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"I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

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"Those albums are so important to me because, for the first time, I was making my own music, paying for it, finding strengths in it, and going through the process of finding the right music for the record."

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"I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music."

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"When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want."

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"My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music."

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"The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly."

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"Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable."

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"You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success."

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"To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole."

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"Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like."

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