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"I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while."
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"There will come a day when your vision will be fulfilled."

"History is going somewhere. And we know full well that He who does all things well will bring beauty from the ashes of world chaos. A new world is being born. A new social order will emerge when Christ comes back. A fabulous future is on the way."

"Oh, the days will be tough that I promise is true but right around the corner the dream will be Infront of you."

"We need to know that a dark night is always followed by a nice morning."
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"We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually."

"I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around."

"I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death."

"There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate it."

"You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days."

"Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance."

"The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult."

"I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while."
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