Black Flag Quotes
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I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it.
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All I have is me. Over-worked, under-appreciated, middle-aged, and shriveled up.
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America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost anything.
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I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things.
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My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.
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I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed.
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My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.
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To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.
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Every single record I have is a fossil.
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Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away from the experience wondering if you will ever be able to listen to their music again.
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But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.
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For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.
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I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music.
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He looked at her Something Turned cancerous He was in love.
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I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians.
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The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk.
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I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking
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I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.
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America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.
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I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture.
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There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.
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For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot of thinking. Besides Sun Studio, which helped put rock n' roll on the map all over the world, the legendary Stax Studio also called Memphis home.
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It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring.
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I don't have talent. I have tenacity.