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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being."

"So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here."

"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."
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"I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner."

"There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are."

"The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high."

"If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today."

"If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something."

"A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by."
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