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"The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear."
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"When can you understand that the music you play is very good? It is when people look at you but see no one, no one but the music!"
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"I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself."
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