"There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell."

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"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."

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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."

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"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

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"Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer."

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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

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"Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups."

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"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."

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"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

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"If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!"

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"We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring."

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"I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself."

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"There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir."

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"If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well."

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"They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze."

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"So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing."

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"My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him."

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"On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing."

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"When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map."

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