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There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often.

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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.

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There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

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There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

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I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.

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As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out.

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I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

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Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

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Harmony is boring.

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The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.

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Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men from all that '80s indie madness, still writing songs that you want to listen to over and over.

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Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet.

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If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record.

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I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.

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To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.

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When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.

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I would like to become a better photographer. I'm working on that.

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I'm most comfortable on stage.

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There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.

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I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.

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I've been in Iraq, and it never occurred to me to go, 'Hey, this war is bogus,' to some guy who's 24 hours a day trying not to get shot at or blown up.

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If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will do to the Afghan people. If that was America's concern, America's operational presence there would be much different.

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I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

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I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.

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You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.

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I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'

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Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

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After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.

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Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

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If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings.

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If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest.

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I never had any interest in being involved with the Boy Scouts.

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Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

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I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.

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After I wrapped 'Sons of Anarchy,' I traveled by myself for ten weeks. I started in Jordan and finished in Mali, in Timbuktu.

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Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them.

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