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I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.
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All the busy little creatureschasing out their destinies.Living in their poolsthey soon forget about the sea... - Natural Science (1980)
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Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think I have a single favorite one.
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How can anybody be enlightened?Truth is after all so poorly lit - Turn The Page (1987)
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We each pay a fabulous priceFor our visions of paradiseBut a spirit with a vision is a dreamWith a mission - Mission (1987)
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Something happens when you become an elder rock & roller and you're still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It's the life achievement period of your career.
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Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.
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Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
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If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.
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I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.
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My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a cold. And it's just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show.
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Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, which boggles the mind but it's true, and what you have are all kinds of different ways of distorting your music.
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You can surrenderWithout a prayerBut never really prayPray without surrenderYou can fightWithout ever winningBut never ever winWithout a fight - Resist (1996)
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Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.
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You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be. - Something for Nothing (1976)
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I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
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I'm not looking back, but I want to look around me now. - Time Stand Still (1987)
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The thing is, I don't take anything for granted anymore - my family, my music, you name it.
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To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.
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But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.
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Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.
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The middle aged madonnacalls her neighbor on the phone.Day by day, the seasons passand leave her life alone.But she'll go walking out that dooron some bright afternoonto go and paint big citiesfrom a lonely attic room. - Middletown Dreams (1985)
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When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people in their 30s and 40s, but I also see a lot of people in their young and middle teens, and that's definitely reassuring.
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Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)