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		I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damien Hirst 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Becker 
			 
			
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		Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. C. Watts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Axel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rainbow Rowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		'Float On' was a fine song, but I was still writing the lyrics on the last day we were working on it and deciding if it was something we wanted to put on the record. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sir Isaac Brock KB 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tammy Faye Bakker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a kid... I needed to belong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wally Lamb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Goldsmith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ida B. Wells 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bassem Youssef