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Don't look at the poster on your wall and think 'I could never do that.' Look at the poster on your wall and think 'I'm gonna do that!'
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A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
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I am not read well, but when I do read, I read well.
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Don't expect me to cry for the wrong reasons.
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Rock & roll is dying. It’s frightening to think about the music scene 20 years from now.
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There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.
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Before I die many will die with me and they'll deserve it. See you in Hell.
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You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.
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You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.
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That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.
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I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there's more.
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I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
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There's good in all of us and I think I simply love people too much, so much that it makes me feel too fucking sad.
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It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.
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There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge).
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A lot of the records you buy, there's nothing you can hold in your hand, it's all 1′s and 0′s, this digital cloud floating in the ether, but with analog albums, you can hold it in your hand.
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My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was.
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It's nice when people are happy to hear that you're still alive, rather than feeling like "Oh, finally he's dead?"
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I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.
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Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't.
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I like guitars in the Fender style because they have skinny necks.
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Don't expect me to die for you.