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I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.
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With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.
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Rock roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.
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I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.
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Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted.
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I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.
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It's a bit difficult to get hippies organized into anything, but I think if they get annoyed enough with the stuff that's going down, they're capable of showing up. So anything they consider important, they'll be there.
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Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.
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I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.
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I do what I love to do, what I choose to do.
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I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good entertainer.
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You are the crown of creation, and you've got no place to go.
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Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
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I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.
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I'm very fond of drugs.
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Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.
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I'm busy communicating ideas.... I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine.
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The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
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It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.
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In Germany I ingested the entire contents of the hotel mini-bar before a show and stuck my fingers in this guy's nostrils because I thought they would fit.
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I'm 5 feet 7 but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9.
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I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were.
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Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big.
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If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.