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		Freaks, they are very prejudiced. You have to have your hair long and talk in a certain way in order to be with them. In order to be the other way you have to have your hair short and wear ties.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jimi Hendrix 
			 
			
				The Jimi Hendrix Experience  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		So wie die Verruecktheit in einem hoeheren Sinn, der Anfang aller Weisheit ist, so ist die Schizophrenie der Anfang aller Kunst, aller Phantasie. (As insanity in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom, so is schizophrenia the beginning of all art, all fantasy.) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hermann Hesse 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences. I love American music of absolutely all stripes, including show tunes, advertising jingles, theme tunes from quiz shows, all kinds of American music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nick Lowe 
			 
			
				Brinsley Schwarz  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas Carlyle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paris Hilton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you look at my personal library, you will notice that it ranges from Henry James to Steig Larsson, from Margaret Atwood to Max Hastings. There's Jane Austen and Tom Perrotta and volumes of letters from Civil War privates. It's pretty eclectic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Bohjalian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I eat in a strange way, but I enjoy it. Everything became well when I finally understood that I enjoy being hungry. Normally, I only eat in the evening. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amelie Nothomb 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent who actually wants something done. Or worse, a campaign donor who might be offended by that something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill McKibben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ellie Goulding 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		An enigma? That's not a bad persona to have. I should probably shut up and let the mystery continue! It's good for my career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bentley Little 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florence Ellinwood Allen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Lombardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nick Cave 
			 
			
				The Birthday Party