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Songs are more powerful than books.


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I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.

I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.



I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.



I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.



I feel like a juggler running out of hands.

I feel like a juggler running out of hands.



I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.

I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.



Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.



The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.

The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.



And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.



Women hear rhythm differently than men.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.



Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.

Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.





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It's a big world for the idiots. If you're a writer, there are not many cities where you can go and feel normal.

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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare - at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It's like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It's great therapy.

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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.



Whatever you have learned in your previous incarnations is retained within your causal body, your multi-lifetime body of energy that lives from one incarnation to another.

Whatever you have learned in your previous incarnations is retained within your causal body, your multi-lifetime body of energy that lives from one incarnation to another.



Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.

Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.



The ban is completely out of my hands. And I think in most people's minds, even if it's unrealistic to them, it's one that I left myself with no choice on.

The ban is completely out of my hands. And I think in most people's minds, even if it's unrealistic to them, it's one that I left myself with no choice on.



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I don't worry much but I'm starting to worry a little.



And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know.

And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know.



Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?




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