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I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.
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Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
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I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.
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People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.
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I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!
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Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.
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When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.
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I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.
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I don't really cringe over any of my albums.
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The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.
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I got to learn to surf.
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Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.
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I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.
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I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.
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The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.
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I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.
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There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.
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I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.
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Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.
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I try to conduct my life with a little levity.
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You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.
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Where I fit in is confusing to me.
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When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.