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Juan Williams is a very sharp guy. (Henry Rollins)
Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. View quote
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I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great. View quote
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As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did. View quote
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I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant. View quote
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I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. View quote
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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. View quote
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Please don't think that I am one of those squishy types who can't handle reality. I have plenty of real-world things to deal with all the time. I have deadlines, meetings, I answer the phone, I get turned down, I wait in lines and am forced to pass for normal all the time. View quote
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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. View quote
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The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.' View quote
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I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed. (Henry Rollins)
My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man. View quote
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My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven. View quote
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Sarah Palin embarrasses herself almost immediately upon opening her mouth to speak or upon moving her fingers to send messages to her dull flock. View quote
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Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person. View quote
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Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. View quote
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The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible. View quote
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The public library system of the United States is worth preserving. View quote
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Trayvon Martin did not need to die. View quote
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Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors. View quote
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When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it. (Henry Rollins)
You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment. View quote
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I have healthy disagreements with political parties I'm not aligned with, but I don't think it should be to the point where we're cursing and trying to strangle each other. View quote
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What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience. View quote
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For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. View quote
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