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"A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted."
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"It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy."

"I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12."

"I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right."

"If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed."
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"We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves."


"It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen."


"No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore."


"I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience."


"Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry."


"Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame."


"I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything."


"I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture."
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