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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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"Nobody told Don Henley or me that we were going to make it as solo artists, but I can speak for Don when I say that we are both really happy now that the band is not together."
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"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."
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"But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected."
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"I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants."
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"Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did."
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"I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone."
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"My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends."
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"I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist."
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"I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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"The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy."
Jazz
"I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it."
Advice
"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch."
People
"There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend."
Life
"Acting is everybody's favorite second job."
Acting
"I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away."
Ability
"Just let the wardrobe do the acting."
Acting
"When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award."
School
"I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being."
Movies
"Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world."
Beer
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