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I think Julian Casablancas and Amy Winehouse are two contemporaries I envy.
There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.
The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically.
I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
My life has been a whole series of accidents, some of them happy, some not.
When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.
My wife and children are the greatest force that keeps me sober and strong.
I don't try to hide sex in my music. Music is very sexual. I don't hide it.
If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
You are your own superstar, and only you can shape the movie that you make.
When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.
I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.
If you want to turn on your boyfriend, get naked and strap on an accordion.
Complaining doesn't make a difference; it's useless and it's wasted energy.
Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.
I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.
I never belonged anywhere. I just felt like a creature from another planet.
Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.
I don't think there's anything better than hearing your favorite band live.
It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.
This book (the Bible) is not hard to understand. It's just hard to swallow.
'Born to Run' was a mixture of things but mostly about youth and fantasies.
When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.
Handicaps are really to be used another way to benefit yourself and others.
Mama is the greatest teacher, teacher of love, fearlessness and compassion.
Troubled heart you'll know, problems have solutions, trust and I will show.
There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.
What might save us, me and you, is if the Russians love their children too.
As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.
When people tell me I am better than I think I am I feel good about myself.
Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.
Jerry [Garcia] got high and Jerry's dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted.
My mother tried to abort me herself with a coathanger, hence my wobbly eye.
When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
I applaud anyone who thinks I'm good-looking and invite them into my world.
Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.
I wrote, exercised, ate healthy, and responded to life in prison very well.
Every time I run, it's with the mindset that if I die at this race it's OK.
I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.
I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.
I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
People are so busy anyway they don't see you or recognise you in the street.
I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.