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Quotes by Musician

"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."

"Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible."

"I don't want to make that sound like I'm preaching from a mountain top when I say you have to give your family everything, because I know it's hard for people. I'm lucky to be in a position where you can establish those ground rules and make it that way."

"I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person."

"People stopped hanging out with me at the point when I stopped doing drugs. All of a sudden they didn't wanna hang out with me anymore. And I would have hung out with them. I mean they were killing themselves, but I still would have hung out with them."

"You know, usually with movies there are periods, dark areas, where I might not be getting what I wanted out of a theme. I'll have to go over and over it again."

"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."

"Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!"

"With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock."
Open,

"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are."

"I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to."

"Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development."

"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them."

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"
Myth,

"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."

"Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!"

"If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food."

"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."

"There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period."

"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live."

"In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market."

"Oh Mr.Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine."
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