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		I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I was fascinated.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dries van Noten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bat for Lashes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Imogen Heap 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salma Hayek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jackson Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I actually spend very little time listening to any new music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Lucas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mac DeMarco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daisaku Ikeda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Verite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zakk Wylde 
			 
			
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		I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Ove Knausgard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		House music has always been about peace, love and unity - and I'm bringing the 2012 version of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laidback Luke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For years, my Chinese family supported me, but they wanted me to have an arranged marriage, so I ran away and worked as a waitress. It was a tiny salary, but I was so happy; it was the first time I'd accomplished something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lee Hyeon-seo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My hero is Michael Jackson. Was and continues to be. He's amazing. When I was growing up, it was the time of 'Thriller' and 'Bad.' I'd come home from school and put on the vinyls. I'd put on a white V-neck T-shirt and roll back the carpet and dance for hours. I'd moonwalk and do the spins. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brandon Victor Dixon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I was fascinated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dries van Noten