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"I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them."
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"Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive."
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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist."
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"I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot!"
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"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
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"No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist."
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"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."
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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else."
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"I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away."
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"Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor."
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"I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy."
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"I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person."
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"Acting is everybody's favorite second job."
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"Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially."
Money

"There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television."
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"A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear."
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"In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way."
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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."
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