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"Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album."
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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

"Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told."

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up."

"First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos."

"It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be encased in dough, so that first you have to break through the normal routine, and clear out the openings."
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"I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles."

"Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No."

"I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred."

"We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind of smelled like Jimmy Buffett, which is a bad thing."

"I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?"

"I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off."

"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."

"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."
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