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"When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets."
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"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."
"I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too."
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"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."
"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."
"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."
"I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives."
"Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out."
"People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music."
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