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Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.
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Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.
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My moral standing is lying down.
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It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.
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Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.
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I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.
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Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot. You have to fight that.
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I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until I couldn't lie any more, 'cause I was either going to die or get better.
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I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted.
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The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry.
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I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.
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It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'
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In my nothing, you were everything, to me.
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I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.
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When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
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I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.
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My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other.
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Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
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I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of David Lynch, for example, where the soundscape plays a very important role in the listening experience.
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I used to buy vinyl. Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak that happens two weeks - if not two months - before it comes out. There's no real way around that.
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When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it.
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Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.
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God is dead, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there!
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I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.
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