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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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"If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion."
"I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generation."
"Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it is really a perfect and very slightly allegorical expression of the actual present views we hold today."
"The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in."
"I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies."
"Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas."
"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."
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"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."
"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."
"No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore."
"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."
"It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation."
"Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion."
"Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music."
"Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making."
"We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over."
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