Black Flag Quotes
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The streets lie, the sidewalks lie, everything lies You can try and read it but you're gonna get it wrong...all wrong The summer evenings burn and melt and the nights glitter but you're gonna get it wrong And it's gonna sink its teeth into your flesh and pull you to the bottom.
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I like how I write better than how I speak.
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I have not the smarts or patience for political office.
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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
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It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.
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Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
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You have to realize there are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to widen the scope of your lens and start seeing more.
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The Internet, the camera cellphone and the like have not only sped up the world's information uptake, but they have cheapened that which they capture.
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I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
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Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.
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What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media.
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Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
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I have no pride about anything I have done. It's just not the way I think about things. I do the work, always, as hard as I can, to the point of pain, injury, exhaustion, if that is what it takes. Once I am done, I move on.
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Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India or pick an African country to go to for 2-3 weeks and really see how life can be. That might be a real good thing because I think they would see things even if the trip was a nightmare. I think they might understand more of the mechanics of the world.
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I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.
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In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.
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No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.
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I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.
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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.
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Break from self rejection, try some introspection.
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I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
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If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it.
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I'm not a young man, and I can find intensity in a lot of different ways, sometimes without even raising my voice. When I was younger, it was all about how I need three extra sets of lungs to get enough wind to get out the thing at the screaming level I need to, because that's the way it needs to be. Now, I see that there's a whole lot of other colors on the palette.