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'Gunga Gin' is a true Libertines amalgamation, in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the word.
You can get through everything and cast a laugh and sing/you can do anything that you want to.
Things happen, but things happen and you follow... your heart is too dramatic, but you follow.
I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.
When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues
If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.
It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.
If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.
I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.
You're like the devil with horns in your head, the only way I'll get you is to get you in bed.
Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.
I listen to music a lot on the treadmill - I would test 'Raditude' songs out on the treadmill.
Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.
Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve.
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.
My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
You made my world stand still, and in that stillness, there was a freedom I never felt before.
It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.
When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.
Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.
The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.
The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir.
When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.
I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.
One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.
I have very little interest in the modern world, and I'm not in any way conflicted about that.
I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.
We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials.
I'm such a tease And you're such a flirt... Routines and schedules Drug and kill you Kill you.
I download music just like anybody else, but it's a weird relationship when you're a musician.
We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.
I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.
Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.
Personally I don't understand why the metal press even bother, but I guess it is good they do.
I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.
The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe.
I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
I don't think we'll really know what's going on until we enter the next dimension and all that.
Bravery is what you can do in the face of things that hurt and scare you, but you do it anyway.
When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.
Time. There is much time left and lots of life seasons. There is much to see, to do, and to be.
The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.
Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.
'Tom Sawyer' could have been written eight months ago, with the kind of response it still gets.
It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it.
I carry my own food around on tour; I permanently have carrier bags full of cereal and bananas.
Never understood a lot about the world... music is one of the only things that makes any sense.
I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.