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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

"People do not understand what a great revenue economy is."
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"I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me."

"Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks."

"People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song."

"I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different."

"Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well."

"Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions."

"I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult."
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