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I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.
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I remember a time when things were a lot more fun around here, when good was good and evil was evil, before things got fuzzy.
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Johnny can get down and Johnny can throw up, but Johnny can't read.
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So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.
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The more I know, the less I understand...
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I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.
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People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.
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You've got this piece of wood and some wires, pickups and some strings. How somebody uses that configuration to make something memorable, that's what's interesting to me.
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I'm trying not to speculate. A lot of people are speculating wildly about what happened and then in an e-mail you find out it's wrong.
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Money was a much saner goal than adoration. They'll both drive you crazy but if I'm going to blow my brains out for five years, I want something to show for it.
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I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.
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I got me a car and I got me some gas,Told everybody they could kiss my ass.
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Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.
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I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter But I think it's about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you don't love me anymore.
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O' beautiful for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king Armchair warriors often fail And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales The lawyers clean up all details Since daddy had to lie But I know a place where we can go And wash away this sin We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by And the tall grass wave in the wind Just lay your head back on the ground And let your hair spill all around me Offer up your best defence But this is the end This is the end of the innocence
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It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.
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I've been learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning them again.
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I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a year, instead of the typical three or four in previous years.
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That's what I miss out of all this synthesized music - it starts to lose dynamics.
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Actually touring solo is a little more difficult. It's more demanding than being under the "wing" of the band, no pun intended. It's more intimidating to sing in front of smaller crowds. The buck stops with me.
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I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.
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For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving...
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I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started out loving to sing to the standards and songs of the early 50s, then that interest shifted to rock and roll, Motown, folk.
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It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues.