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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.
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The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.
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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
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The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.
