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"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."
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"As I fingered my way through the songs, I felt my worries slough away. My music has always been the best remedy for my dark moods. As I sang, even my bruises seemed to pain me less."

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
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"I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests."


"Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think."


"I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music."


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