Black Flag Quotes
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I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.
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I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from.
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When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.
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I get a lot of shit because I put "I" in the lyrics all the time. The "I" is always for someone else... When I say "I," it's so that when that person is singing along with the song, it empowers them.
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The only safety is in the middle of total misunderstanding and deception.
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Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'
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And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.
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Most writers do similar things in their minds. It's how the mind works, basically.
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If I was gay, there would be no closet, you would never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned it for kindling by the time I was 12. Because I know with all certainty in my mind, there is nothing wrong with being gay, and you know it.
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Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.
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There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much rather go back to Afghanistan - which fascinates me - quicker than I'd go back to spend a week walking around Nairobi, Kenya, which is a great and easy way to get yourself killed.
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Americans should demand real news, more transparency and more truth.
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Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me.
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Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.
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The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture.
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No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.
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I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind.
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For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.
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If I think of the audience too much, then I'm going to start catering to them...and it turns into entertainment. And I've got time for entertainment; I'm just not at all that interested in doing it myself. I'd rather go for some pretty raw expression.
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Kids at skate parks will step up and challenge me to a game of Skate, but I'm over that, I really don't care. I'm all about participating, and I'm all about being a part of this scene, but there's certain vibes I just don't get along with.
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I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.
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If an American company has a drop of patriotic blood coursing through its system, then surely it would set up in America and employ Americans, right?
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The bible saw that can get a lot of people killed, so let's try and steer people away from that. I am not an expert on the bible. I am just saying.
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I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics