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"Fortunately any of the songs we've recorded can be extremely fulfilling to perform depending on the variety of circumstances that surround any given show."
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"In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis."

"In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future."

"'m really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt."

"I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme."

"It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music."

"It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century."

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

"A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being."

"It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to recording that track for the new studio album."
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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."

"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."

"I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances."

"We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain."

"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."

"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."

"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations."

"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."

"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."

"You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances."
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