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"If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to."
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"If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to."

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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."
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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."

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

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"You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice."
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"You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice."

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"In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that."
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"In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that."

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"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."
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"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."

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"When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally."
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"When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally."

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"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."
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"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."

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"This is about black people selling out other black people."
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"This is about black people selling out other black people."

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"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."
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"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."

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"People have the right to say what they want to."
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"People have the right to say what they want to."

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"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."
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"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."

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"I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines."
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"I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines."

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"This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it."
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"This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it."

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"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."
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"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."

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"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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"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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"Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth."
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"Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth."

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"It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news."
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"It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news."

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"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?"
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"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?"

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"Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?"
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"Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?"

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"I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it."
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"I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it."

Art,
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"I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians."
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"I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians."

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"I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace."
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"I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace."

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"A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song."
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"A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song."

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"What's the difference? One guy's the same as the other."
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"What's the difference? One guy's the same as the other."

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

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"I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs."
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"I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs."

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"A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business."
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"A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business."

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"People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four."
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"People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four."

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"When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions."
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"When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions."

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"I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty."
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"I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty."

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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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"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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