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I set our house on fire when I was a little child playing with lighters. Boy, did I burn the place down!
You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.
Whatever you have to do to have a good time, let's get on with it, so long as it doesn't cause a murder.
He just got in the car, but the batteries dead. So he asks to use the phone and she gives him some head.
My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging.
About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.
The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.
Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically
I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
I know how absurd things can get. I've had years where I've had questionable things going on in my life.
Even one moment in the company of a divine person, Krishna's pure devotee, can help a tremendous amount.
The first time I took LSD, it just blew everything away. I had such an incredible feeling of well-being.
I'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow.
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.
I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.
I don't really have any traits that I deplore. I get annoyed with myself sometimes, but that's about it.
I learned to see beauty in everything and ugliness in everything. I developed a very honest perspective.
I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.
I knew that I always wanted to keep making music, but I knew that comics needed to be a part of my life.
I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.
He doesn't know how to be warmer. I can't blame him. My dad had to deal with more stuff than I ever did.
An adult has the opportunity to enjoy the wisdom gleaned from previous decades of living and experience.
I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.
The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.
I don't need music for the good times. I don't have that kind of need. Music doesn't serve me like that.
If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.
There are records that, in my opinion, only reach their full potential when the listener is disoriented.
We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.
Pigs are very intelligent. They're very misunderstood. Yet they're sort of man's unofficial best friend.
I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.
Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.
My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music.
At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.
I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you.
What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.
I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
Joseph Zawinul and Toots Thielmans, in my opinion, are the only Europeans who can play rhythm-and-blues.
I like playing guitar I don't like talking about it. I like writing riffs, I don't like explaining them.
Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.
After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.
I believe everybody should have a room where they get rid of all their releases. So my room was a stage.
I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.
When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it.
My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.
I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
I want to make sure people know I don't think I have any magic powers. I just have a story that I share.