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"I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about."
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"You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling."

"South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century."
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"As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities."

"We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show."
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"My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it."


"After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration."


"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."


"People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need."


"With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things."


"Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs."


"You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person."
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