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"Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things."
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"I can eat you at breakfast, not because I am a monster; it is only because you are too cute and yummy."

"Confidence, is like a belt worn around the waist. Wear it too tight, you come off cocky and arrogant, wear it too loose, you come off timid and a walk over, but wear it fit and snug, it will uphold you in every step of the way."

"I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy, those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar."

"I'm genetically programmed to be a terrible person."

"How can a man's candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind-impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian."

"Don't ignore me. I only get more annoying."

"Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous."

"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."
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"You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity."

"Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you."

"Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written."

"And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music."

"Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me."
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