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I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

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That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

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I'm a humanist.

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Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.

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I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.

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One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff.

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I'm too old to do things by half.

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I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

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My God is rock'n'roll.

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In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

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I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

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I can concentrate on my art.

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But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

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The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

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I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

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I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.

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Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

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I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.

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I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

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I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

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I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

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I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.

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When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

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I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

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I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

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I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album.

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You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

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I don't like overdubs, never liked them.

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I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

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The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

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There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

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I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be.

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I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

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Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

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These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

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There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

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