I Hate Painting With A Broad Brush, But I Think The Birther Thing, At Its Root, Is Racist. The Guy Was Born In Hawaii. A Black Guy Is President. It's Cool. Get Over It. Just Deal With It. There's Nothing You Could Show These Birther People That Would Shut Them Up.

-Henry Rollins

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I Wouldn't Want To Roll The Dice On Kabul By Myself, Because I Really Think Getting Killed Is Definitely A Possibility There. A Very Good Possibility.

Thinking

Kabul

Want

I'm Disappointed By Bands Left And Right, Every Day.

Band

Disappointed

Left

Pizza Makes Me Think That Anything Is Possible.

Thinking

Pizza

Anything Is Possible

Youths Write Me And Tell Me That Their Band Will Go Nowhere Because Of All The Bad Bands In The World. I Tell Them There Has Always Been Awful Music And That No Great Band Ever Wasted Any Time Complaining, They Just Got It Done. Their Ropey Ranting Is Just A Way To Get Out Of The Hard Work Of Making Music That Will Do Some Lasting Damage.

Hard Work

Writing

Complaining

It Is You Who Makes Me See What I Really Am.

I'm Not In A Position Where I Get To Pick And Choose Roles. I Usually Go On Auditions In Long Lines And Embarrass Myself In Front Of Casting Directors, And With A Lump In My Throat And My Ears Burning, I Walk Past Reception And Smirking Actors As I Go To The Parking Garage And Go Back On The Highway.

Past

Long

Directors

When I Die, The World Dies With Me. I'd Really Like To Leave It Better Than How I Found It And I'm Doing What I Can To Effect That.

World

Found

Effects

I'm Of The Opinion That The Democrats Have The Ideas I Agree With More Often Than Not. Reenergizing The Middle Class And Giving People A Break.

Class

Ideas

People

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.'

Reading

Play

California

If I Was A Woman These Days, I'd Be Killing Motherfuckers. My Handgun Would Never Cool And My Hands Would Be Covered In Testicular Blood. I Would Have A Horrible Reputation With A Lot Of Men Because I Would Be Calling Them On Their Weak Bullshit Left And Right.

Men

Blood

Hands

I Have Been Listening To The Stooges' Self-titled First Album For Well Over Half My Life, And It Remains One Of The Most Exciting And Essential Records I Have Ever Had The Good Fortune To Come Into Contact With.

Self

Listening

Half

It's Always Been Impressive To Me When Someone Can Really Do What They Want Onstage. The Audience Has Confidence In The Performer And The Performer Has Confidence In The Crowd.

Crowds

Want

Impressive

It's Good To Be Able To Deal With It [anger] Somehow Other Than Drinking, Fighting, Crashing Cars, Hitting Your Kid, Your Wife, Your Husband, Your Whatever. Paintbrushes, Pens, Movie Cameras, Guitars, Microphones, Typewriters -- These Are Good Things. Weights. These Are Positive Ways, Good Ways To Deal With Anger, Frustration, Alienation, Rage. 'cause All The Other Ways Do Nothing But Hurt People.

Hurt

Husband

Drinking

We Americans Look Funny When We're In France Because We Don't Travel, We Are Fairly Un-cultured Whereas Europeans Go To Africa All The Time Because It's Right There.

Looks

France

Gay People Don't Have A Personality Problem. They Have A Problem With Small-minded Motherfuckers Who Can't Conquer A 1-inch High Curb.

Gay

People

Personality

I Think Americans Suffer For Their Lack Of Travel, Awareness Of The World. It Has Horribly Warped Our Sense Of Place In The Scheme Of Things.

Thinking

Suffering

World

Here In This Moment We Are Beautiful, Nocturnal Creatures And Our Thoughts And Words Are Jewels Guarded By The Moon.

Beautiful

Moon

Jewels

I Don't Want To Play Old Music. To Me, It Is Fighting Battles That Are Already Over And Calling Yourself A Warrior. For Me, I See No Courage Or Adventure In Doing The Old Thing Over Again. If Others Want To, That's For Them. For Myself, I Have To Move On. Life Is Too Short To Live In The Past. There Is A Lot To Be Done.

Moving

Life Is Too Short

Adventure

When You're Very Young, Images That You Upload Into Your Very Young Mind Tend To Stay With You.

Mind

Young Minds

Young

Don't Do Anything By Half. If You Love Someone, Love Them With All Your Soul.

Unconditional Love

Soul

Half

Whether I Will Be Remembered At All, I Really Don't Get To Choose, Unless I Shoot Someone Famous. It's Not Really Anything I Have Much Control Over.

Remembered

My Father Did Not Rock. He Just Earned And Hated. Don't End Up Like This Man.

Father

Men

Rocks

The First Several Years Of My Life Were Used To Upload Incredible Amounts Of Fear, And I Just Became Afraid Of Everything. I Was Afraid Of My Parents, Afraid Of My Classmates, Afraid Of The Streets Of Washington, D.c. I Would Flinch At Every Gesture.

Years

Parent

Gestures

Certainly, There Are Huge, Multiplatinum Bands Whose Singers Command Their Audience's Attention. Sadly, Much Of The Time They Have Little To Say.

Attention

Band

Littles

When You Start To Doubt Yourself The Real World Will Eat You Alive.

Real

Doubt

Alive

I Am Not Immune To The Lure Of A Signed Record, Flier Or Set List. The Fact That Your Music Heroes Potentially Had, In Their Own Hands, The Record You Now Have In Yours Is Kind Of Cool. When The Musician Has Departed, It Can Give The Thing A Unique Power.

Hero

Unique

Hands

Every Summer, Around Late July And Into August, I Find Myself In Europe, Performing At Any Festival That Will Have Me.

Summer

July

August

Hope Is The Last Thing A Person Does Before They Are Defeated.

Doe

Lasts

Defeat

I Like How I Write Better Than How I Speak.

Writing

Speak

My Love Runs Deeper Than The Wounds.

Running

Deeper

Wounds

We Know That In September, We Will Wander Through The Warm Winds Of Summer's Wreckage. We Will Welcome Summer's Ghost.

Summer

Wind

Wreckage

I'm A Professional Food Eater.

A Great Way To Learn About Your Country Is To Leave It.

Funny

Country

Learning

It's Not Lost On Me That Everyone Dies, But Some People Have A Kind Of Immortality About Them, And You Can't Imagine That They Will Ever Be Gone.

People

Gone

Kind

I Don't Have Talent. I Have Tenacity.

Talent

Tenacity

I've Never Heard Daft Punk; I've Never Heard A Track Of Theirs In My Life. They're The Two Guys With Motorcycle Helmets On?

Two

Track

Guy

I Get Along With Australians Really Well. Everyone's Usually Really Cool, And It's Always A Drag To Leave.

Really Cool

Drag

Wells

I Like The Idea Of Going Out With A Woman And Not Doing Anything, And Just Eating Dinner And Talking, And That's Cool, Too. So, Someone Might Look At Me And Say, "no Way, Man. He's Just Banging Strippers." And I Do That, But Not All The Time.

Men

Talking

Ideas

You Might As Well Enjoy The Day - You Never Know When And How Painfully It Could All End.

Might

Ends

Enjoy

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.

Teenager

Punishment

Scary

Probably Over Half Of America Does Not Have A Passport. If Young People Could Spend Two Weeks Of Their Life In India Or Pick An African Country To Go To For 2-3 Weeks And Really See How Life Can Be. That Might Be A Real Good Thing Because I Think They Would See Things Even If The Trip Was A Nightmare. I Think They Might Understand More Of The Mechanics Of The World.

Country

Real

Thinking

For Me The Music Is Not So Much Anger As Much As It Is Of Passion. And I've Always Associated That Kind Of Intense Emotional Output With Music Just Because The Nature Of The Music That's Attracted Me As Far As Live.

Passion

Emotional

Kind

There Is No Heaven For Me And No Hell. And Certainly Not Any Karma.

Karma

Heaven

Hell

I Am A White Guy In America With An Education, Albeit High School, But A Pretty Good One. Another Guy From A Different Demographic Or Different Ethnicity In America Can Look At Me And Say, "you Take A Lot For Granted." Well... Okay. I Just Live In A White Male American Reality, Where I Hear You But I Don't Know If I Necessarily Read You.

School

Reality

Ethnicity

There’s Got To Be Someone For Me. It’s Not Too Much To Ask. Just Someone To Be With. Someone To Love. Someone To Give Everything To. Someone.

Giving

Too Much

Love Someone

Don't Let Despair Mutate Your Flesh Look At My Twisted Stumps Of Thought See The Fingers, Listen To The Voice I Am Slowly Becoming The End Of The Line.

Voice

Despair

Looks

All I Have Is Me. Over-worked, Under-appreciated, Middle-aged, And Shriveled Up.

Appreciated

Middle

Middle Aged

I Don't Have A Wife, I Don't Have Any Kids, I Don't Have Any Addictions That Keep Me Drooling On The Couch, And I'm Kind Of Target Oriented.

Kids

Wife

Addiction

You Can Still Function As A Living Ruin.

Ruins

Function

Stills

When You Title Yourself, You Immediately Lend Yourself To All Kinds Of Pretension

Titles

Kind

All Kinds

Change Is Hard, But Change Is Good.

Change Is Good

Change Is Hard

Hard

I Am An Employment Hyena. I Am Happy To Make A Meal Of What The Lions Leave Behind.

Meals

Employment

Lions

Castle Face Records, Run By The Oh Sees Main Man, Johnny Dwyer Is Always Worth Checking In With.

Running

Men

Castles

I Don't Think You'll Ever Have A Perfect World Because We Humans Are Prone To Error, And So We're Always In Search Of An Upgrade.

Thinking

Errors

Perfect

I Plan To Be A Part Of Haiti's Reconstruction And Future.

Haiti

Reconstruction

Plans

South Sudan Is One Of The Most Hard-put Places In The World.

World

South

Hard

Well, There's Katrina, But You Can Go Through Lots Of Kurdistan And It Looks Like Katrina Was Just There But There's People Living In It.

People

Looks

Wells

I Think That Goldman Sachs And The Pentagon Determine More Of America's Outcome Then Any President Or Any Congress, That Sounds A Bit Cynical, But I Think I Am Right.

Thinking

America

Cynical

No Time For Drug Addiction, No Time For Smoke Or Booze. Too Strong For A Shortened Life Span, I've Got No Time To Lose.

Strong

Addiction

Alcohol

In The Summer Of '84, You Just Couldn't Escape The Born In The Usa Record.

Summer

Usa

America

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.

Children

Class

Parent

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.

Meaningful

Knowing

Way

I Guess, Topic To Topic, You Could Consider Me A Left-leaning Person.

Topics

Persons

Left

Always Knowing You're Going To Die And Until Then Knowing You've Got To Live.

Knowing

Always Knowing

Dies

Love Beyond The Damage.

Love Is

Damage

Music Files And Downloading Have Indeed Changed The Currency Of Music To A Great Degree.

Degrees

Currency

Changed

I Forged Myself Out Of A Vacuum. I Crawl Along The Highway On Hacked Off Stumps Year After Year. Some Wonder How And Why. I Never Do.

Years

Vacuums

Wonder

The Idea That Any Performer Type Is Owed Anything Is A Joke To Me.

Ideas

Type

Performers

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.

Sorry

Mp3

Joy

I Would Like To Become A Better Photographer. I'm Working On That.

Photographer

I Beg Young People To Travel.

People

Young

Will Punk Rock Ever Die? Pal, If You Have To Ask It's Dead To You.

Rocks

Pals

Punk

To Get A Human Through A Life, Lives Of Broken Bones, Knock-me-over-with-a-feather Susceptibility To Myriad Viruses, And Whatever Else Might Befall Someone Will Cost Money.

Broken

Viruses

Cost

Human Beings Should Not Be Reduced To A State To Where They Almost Get Into A Fight Over A Small Bar Of Soap.

Fighting

Bars

Soap

Stockholders Are Used To A Certain Kind Of Global Capitalism. This Version Is Very Hard On The Environment And Very Hard On People Below A Certain Fiscal Level. It Is A Calculated, Systematic Weakening Of People. Many Labour, A Few Benefit. Try Talking About Cleaning Up The Place With These People. The Hostility Is Incredible.

Talking

People

Trying

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.

War

Iraq

Guy

An Appreciation Of Animals Is Good For A Human, It Can Lead To A Better Understanding And Respect For All Living Things.

Appreciation

Animal

Understanding

Fish Is The Only Kind Of Respirating Thing That I Consume. Everything Else I Don't Want Any Part Of.

Want

Kind

Fishes

I Read A Bit Of Ray Bradbury When I Was A Younger Man. I Don't Read A Lot Of Fiction Anymore... Like, None.

Men

Rays

Fiction

You Are The Untold Story. You Are The Impassioned Truth Wanting To Scream Its Existence, To Be Forever Trapped By A Strong Hand Clapped Firmly Over The Mouth Of My Soul.

Strong

Hands

Forever

I Can Tell You Exactly Where The Economy Is Going. It's Going To China, Honduras, Guatemala, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cipan, And Any Other Place Where You Can Pay People Peanuts And Have Them Work Like Dogs.

Dog

People

Vietnam

America Is A Country Born From Semi-mythologized Blood, Glory And Acts Of Selfless Patriotic Sacrifice.

Country

Patriotic

Sacrifice

Loneliness Adds Beauty To Life. It Puts A Special Burn On Sunsets And Makes Night Air Smell Better.

Life

Lonely

Depressing

Canadians Are Often A Friendly Bunch.

Friendly

Bunch

I Get Angry About Stuff, I Get Very Emotionally Intense About Stuff And That's How I Get It Out - With Books, With The Band, On My Own Onstage, But It's Always Kind Of A Wail.

Book

Band

Stuff

I'm Not A Thrill Seeker. I'm Not Looking To Get Kidnapped. I'm Not Looking To Get A Shot At. I've Been Shot At. I Didn't Like It.

Thrill

Shots

Kidnapped

I Contribute A Large Amount Of Money To The Southern Poverty Law Center, So I'm On Their Mailing List For All Their Klan Watch Newsletters. I'm Very Well Aware Of White Power Movements In America.

Law

White

America

One Of The Most Prevalent And Undermentioned Genres Of Music Is What Is Known As Noise. You Can Find It All Over The World Happening In Basements, Small Venues And Even Some Festivals. Often Blown Off Or Belittled By Critics, The Form For The Most Part Goes Unheard And Unnoticed.

World

Noise

Festivals

Want A Good Body? Work At It. Want To Be A Success? Work At It. Want To Be Truly Exceptional? Be A Touch Insane... You Need A Little Bit Of Insanity To Do Great Things.

Insanity

Insane

Body

I Get Letters From Young People Telling Me That They're Broke And Download My Albums For Free. They Ask Me What I Think About That. I Now Have A Standard Line. I Tell Them, 'i Would Rather Be Heard Than Paid.'

Thinking

People

Albums

Why Let Your Fury Lay Deep Inside You, Sullenly Boiling Your Blood Into Silent Steam And Griding Your Bones To Dust? I It Not Better To Thrust It Out With Great Velocity From Every Pore, With Your Every Action? Let Your Actions Speak Your Legend. The Physical Is The Manifestation Of The Spirit. Let Your Spirit Be Teeming With Fury. Let Your Strength Be Unusual And Controlled. The Average Is The Borderline That Keeps Mere Men In Their Place. Those Who Step Over The Line Are Heroes By The Very Act. Go.

Hero

Men

Dust

With Any Advent In Technology, Any Technological Innovation, There Is The Good And The Bad.

Technology

Innovation

Advent

There’s One Thing About Black Sabbath Which Should Not Be Understated: If Black Sabbath Is Missing Any One Of Its Members It’s No Longer Black Sabbath.

Missing

Black

Should

You Can't Right The Wrongs Because You'll Never Understand The Cause And You'll Be Too Busy Dodging The Effect.

Causes

Busy

Too Busy

I'd Rather Work On My Radio Show, Which No One Hears But I Put About Eight Hours Of Programming And Writing Into It For Those 30 People Who Do Tune In.

Writing

Eight

People

A Rose Trapped Inside A Fist.

Rose

Fists

Trapped

The Lowest Stress Environment Is The Radio Show. I Am Not On Camera And I Can Let The Music Do The Talking. The Rest Is More Highly Pressurized Or In The Case Of Writing, Time Intensive Task. I Say Yes To All Of It And Like All Of It But The Radio Show, By Nature Of What It Is, Is The Least Hassle.

Stress

Writing

Talking

Amy Winehouse Was Not A Person I Ever Met, And I Can't Say That I Am Overly Conversant In All Of Her Music. I Do Have Her Albums, And Years Ago, When I First Heard Her Sing, I Thought She Was Extraordinary. The Tone Of Her Voice, Her Phrasing, Her Raw Appearance - These Qualities Were Extremely Captivating To Me.

Voice

Years

Quality

I Think Politicians Get Hamstrung By The Nature Of Politics When The Private Sector Can Really Do Great Things.

Thinking

Politician

Great Things

With Age, Life Becomes Complex And Difficult, Often Fraught With Risk On Several Levels, From The Practical To The Fiscal.

Risk

Age

Levels

You Must Never Lower Yourself To Being A Person You Don't Like.

Persons

I Am A Veteran Of The War On Christmas. I Am Just Emerging From A Battlefield Strewn With Dead Trees And Torn Shreds Of Brightly Colored Wrapping Paper.

War

Tree

Wrapping Paper

To Combat The Confusion And Depression That Assault Me When I Come Off The Road In The Middle Of A Tour, I Seek The Most Oblivionated Music Possible. When It's The 'way Out There' That I Seek, I Go Right To My Stash Of Amazing Music From Japan.

Japan

Confusion

Way

The Only Thing Worse Than The Pastor Terry Jones Scheduled Koran Burning Is The Fact That He Canceled The Proposed Event.

Past

Facts

Events

Collecting Records Is, For Many, Beyond A Hobby.

Hobbies

Records

Collecting

I'm Most In My Element On Tour, With A Gig That Day, Like Today. I'm On The Road Where I Am Supposed To Be. I Will Be Where I'm Supposed To Be At Nighttime, On Stage, In Front Of People, Doing My Thing.

People

Elements

Gigs

Seasonal Change In Los Angeles Is Often A Very Subtle Thing. It's Not As If We Finally Stop Having To Shovel The Snow Out Of Our Driveways And Can Put Our Parkas Back In The Closet.

Snow

Los Angeles

Subtle

I Never Had Any Interest In Being Involved With The Boy Scouts.

Boys

Boy Scout

Interest

I Think The U.k. Is An Amazing Place And Has Been Extremely Good To Me. Some Of My Favorite And Most-listened-to Bands Are From England. I Have Met Many Good People There And Have Been In Front Of Some Of The Most Loyal Audiences I Have Ever Encountered.

Thinking

People

England

Sleep Is For Squares.

Sleep

Squares

We All Learn Lessons In Life. Some Stick, Some Don't. I Have Always Learned More From Rejection And Failure Than From Acceptance And Success.

Life Lesson

Acceptance

Rejection

America Is Off-the-hook Gay. I Will Not Go All Ann Coulter On You And Say, 'our Gays Are Better Than Their Gays,' But As Far As Countries Go, We Are In-your-face Gay.

Country

Gay

America

I Have Built My Life To Pursue The New. I Don't Have Family, Don't Know Many People And I Am Usually Ready To Leave Within An Hour.

People

Hours

Ready

I Don't Know If You Have Ever Seen The Woody Allen Film 'annie Hall,' But It Is, In A Way, To Los Angeles And 'hollywood' What 'this Is Spinal Tap' Is To Many Musicians.

Spinal Tap

Annie Hall

Way

I Think Young People Should Travel And Travel Often To Other Countries Like I Do.

Country

Thinking

People

I Think There Will Always Be Great New Music And Bands. As Long As There's People Around, There's Going To Be Great Music. I Think There's Bands Like Wolf Eyes, Q & Not U, The Evens And Many Others That Are Doing Great Stuff. The Music That Doesn't Please You, You Just Don't Listen. No One Makes Me Listen To Nickelback, So Long May They Wave.

Eye

Thinking

Long

When You Hear About What Someone Else Is Going Through, And You Are Unable To Distance Yourself From It Or In Any Way Muzzle Your Empathy And Are Inspired To Actually Do Something, These Are Moments To Learn From.

Distance

Empathy

Muzzle

I Think Americans Really Need To Start Thinking Globally. As Resources Become More Dear, We Will Be Pulled Closer To The Rest Of The World Anyway.

Thinking

Needs

World

Sometimes It Seems The Harder You Try To Hold Onto Something Or Someone The More It Wants To Get Away. You Feel Like Some Kind Of Criminal For Having Felt, For Having Wanted. For Having Wanted To Be Wanted. It Confuses You Because You Think That Your Feelings Were Wrong And It Makes You Feel So Small Because It’s So Hard To Keep It Inside When You Let It Out And It Doesn’t Come Back. You’re Left So Alone That You Can’t Explain.

Thinking

Feelings

Trying

I Live My Life Through The Prism Of Capitalism And Physiological Limits And Eventualities. In All Of That, There Is No Spirituality Required. No God And Karma Is Needed For The Numbers. I Live My Life By The Numbers. Not Only Am I An American, I Am An Americanist.

Karma

Numbers

Limits

There Is Not One Single Police Officer In America That I Am Not Afraid Of And Not One That I Would Trust To Tell The Truth Or Obey The Laws They Are Sworn To Uphold. I Do Not Believe They Protect Me In Any Way.

Believe

America

Law

I Am Neither Pro- Nor Anti-gun. I Am Gun-conscious.

Gun

Conscious

Anti Gun

For Me, Jazz Will Always Be The Soundtrack Of The Civil Rights Movement.

Rights

Movement

Jazz

I'm Not Much Of An Improv Guy. That's A Talent I Don't Have.

Guy

Talent

Where There Is Young People And Vitality, You're Going To Find Punk Rock.

Rocks

People

Vitality

It'll Destroy You If You Try To Make It Mean Anything To Anyone But Yourself.

Mean

Trying

Ifs

We Came To The End, We Found Nothing. Nothing!!! And We Cursed Because We Were Hoping For So Much Less.

Ends

Found

Cursed

If You Have An Idea Of What You Want To Do In Your Future, You Must Go At It With Almost Monastic Obsession. [...] You Have To Go At It Single-mindedly And Let Nothing Get In Your Way.

Ideas

Hustle

Want

Bands Have Always Written Songs Against What They See As Wrong. Ronald Reagan Really Made For A Lot Of Songs.

Song

Band

Made

Each Year, Every City In The World That Can Should Have A Multiday Festival. More People Meeting Each Other, Digging New Types Of Music, New Foods, New Ideas. You Want To Stop Having So Many Wars? This Could Be A Step In The Right Direction.

War

Years

Cities

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.

Football

Player

Nfl

I Don't Get A Lot Of Choices In Movies. It's Not Like I'm Brad Pitt And I Can Walk In And Go Here's The Film I Want To Do And Everyone Runs Around... I Don't Have That. I Stand In Line And Do Auditions. I'm There With 80 Other Guys Trying To Be That Guy. Every Once In Awhile I Luck Out.

Running

Choices

Guy

Disappointment Always Arrives Before Hope And The Darkness Of Night Comes Before The Dawn. Don't Lose Hope Now Because Things Will Brighter With The New Day.

Good Night

Goodnight

Disappointment

One Person's Disaster Is Another Person's Talking Point.

Talking

Disaster

Persons

I Hate It When Men Go To Strip Bars. It Lowers The Rest Of Us That Know If A Man Has To Pay To See A Woman Naked, He Is A Loser And Probably Should Get Weeded Out.

Hate

Men

Naked

I Don't Try To Be Angry To Prove Something. I Wouldn't Try To Intimidate You For Any Reason Unless You Were Trying To Intimidate Me, And Then I Would Show You That You Can't Do That To Me.

Trying

Intimidating

Reason

I Didn't Want To Work At Pizza Hut And I Didn't Want To Join The Army. So I Just Decided To Go Out And Be Awesome.

Army

Want

Pizza

I'd Like To Be A Better Writer, But I Have No Dreams To Direct Or Do A Screenplay. And I'd Love To Have A Big Starring Role In A Movie Because The Paycheck Would Be Bigger. That's The Only Reason I Do Films.

Dream

Would Be

Roles

Sometimes The Truth Hurts. And Sometimes It Feels Real Good.

Life

Hurt

Real

Rock N' Roll Unchained A Nation And Revolutionized Radio And The Record Industry, Not To Mention The Motion Picture Business.

Rocks

Records

Radio

If You Paid Americans A Living Wage, They Would Be Able To Pay For Products Made By Americans In America.

America

Would Be

Pay

The Gop Grows More And More Unpopular With Female Voters Seemingly Every Time One Of Its Leaders Gets In Front Of A Microphone. Misogynist Is As Misogynist Does. The Gop And Its Bloviating Pundits Don't Like Women And They Are Unable To Hide It, Nor Do They Seem To Make Much Attempt To Do So.

Leader

Female

Doe

If I Were A Doctor, I Would Prescribe That You Addict Yourself Deeply And Irrevocably To Music And Never, Ever Seek Cure Outside Of More Music. It Really Is The Best Drug Available.

Doctors

Drug

Cures

I'd Like To Talk To Sean Hannity In A Controlled Environment And Say, 'o.k., You Can't Interrupt And Jump Up And Down Like A Professional Wrestler.'

Environment

Wrestler

Up And Down

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.

America

People

Different

You Don't Make Me Feel Like You Used To. That's Why I'm Leaving That's Why People Leave Each Other They Come To Their Senses And Get Selfish Again.

Selfish

People

Leaving

Anywhere You Hang Yourself Is Home.

Home

As A Teen, I Heard The Second Velvet Underground Album, 'white Light/white Heat,' And It Was Too Much For My Limited Scope Of Appreciation. It Was Intense, But I Didn't Get It.

Appreciation

Light

White

I Have Heard People Say That They Felt Closer To Their Parents After They Have Died. Maybe If I Treat People As If They Were Dead, I Could Get Along With Them Better

People

Parent

Treats

I Feel Pain Everyday Of My Life. When You See Me Perform, It's That Pain You're Seeing Coming Out. I Put All My Emotions, All My Feelings, And My Body On The Line. People Hurt Me, I Hurt Myself - Mentally, Physically

Hurt

Pain

People

Rush Limbaugh Makes Money Getting Simpleminded People To Feel Good About Their Intellectually Undernourished Brain Spasms. He's Very Good At It, And I Scarcely Believe A Fraction Of What He Says.

Believe

People

Feel Good

Someone Like Ashlee Simpson, She Lip-synchs On 'saturday Night Live,' Gets Totally Called Out La Milli Vanilli, And No One Really Cares That Much. It Doesn't Make Me Hate Ashlee; She's Just Taking Instructions.

Hate

Night

Care

I Was At The First Minor Threat Show, And You Could Tell, 'this Band Is Going To Be The King Of The Town.' It Was Obvious. They Were So Good.

Kings

Band

Firsts

Texas Is A Hotbed Of Insanely Good Bands And Musicians.

Texas

Musician

Band

I Do My Best To Limit The Amount Of Compromise In My Life So I Have More Time To Do What I Want. Not Hanging Out With Many People Really Helps. I Am Not A People Person And I Spend A Great Deal Of Time On My Own And In This Environment, I Get A Lot Done.

People

Done

Want

People Look At Things Differently. Imagine Going To A Village In Southern Sudan And Try To Explain To Someone There The Concept Of Life Insurance Or Retirement. Go To Vietnam And Say Retirement. Retirement In Another Country Is Your Body Is Too Racked With Pain And Your Hands Are Too Arthritic From The Life In The Rice Patty Fields, So You Can't Work Anymore. So You Move In With Your Son And His New Wife Takes Care Of You Because That's How Families Work There.

Country

Retirement

Pain

I Prefer To Work Out Alone. It Enables Me To Concentrate On The Lessons That The Iron Has For Me.

Iron Will

Lifting Weights

Work Out

Young, Gay And Stuck In Arkansas? Sounds Like A Horror Flick.

Gay

Sound

Arkansas

Keep Your Blood Clean, Your Body Lean, And Your Mind Sharp.

Motivational Workout

Blood

Mind

You Always Know The Mark Of A Coward. A Coward Hides Behind Freedom. A Brave Person Stands In Front Of Freedom And Defends It For Others.

Brave Person

Coward

Mark

I Feel Like A Visitor That Got Left Behind By His Ride.

Visitors

Left Behind

Feels

I'm Constantly Around People That Talk A Lot But Say Nothing. A Sad Case.

People

Cases

Look, It's A Monster. He's Walking Alone. Look, He's Pulling Something Out Of His Pocket. He Threw It On The Ground. Let's Go See What It Is. It's A Black Box. You Open It... Ok... Look, It's Sorrow, Misery And Pain. It's Loneliness And Longing. Boy, He'll Be Sorry He Lost These.

Sorry

Pain

Loneliness

Black Sabbath - One Of The World's Universal Language Of Music. I Felt Proud, For Three Or Four Minutes Of My Life Combining My Voice With Tony Iommi's Guitar Sound.

Voice

Guitar

Black

The Bible Saw That Can Get A Lot Of People Killed, So Let's Try And Steer People Away From That. I Am Not An Expert On The Bible. I Am Just Saying.

People

Trying

Saws

I'm Not Trying To Say I'm A Big Tough Guy... I'm A Typical American-waist Deep In This Violent Culture.

Guy

Trying

Typical

It's So Painful To Be Next To Someone You Feel Strongly About And Know You Can't Say The Things You Want To.

Want

Painful

I'm Not Harmful, Just Introspective. You Can Probably Think I'm Weird, But It's Not Harmful Weird.

Thinking

Introspective

I Lay Off A Lot Modern Fiction And Only Rely On Living Writers For Non-fiction Work.

Fiction

Modern

Rely

I Have Found The Iron To Be My Greatest Friend. It Never Freaks Out On Me, Never Runs. Friends May Come And Go. But Two Hundred Pounds Is Always Two Hundred Pounds

Strength

Running

Workout

A Country That Has Been Through As Much As Vietnam Has To Have Some Crazy Music Somewhere.

Country

Crazy

Vietnam

After Having Read A Lot Of Fiction, Literature, Whatever You Want To Call It, From Wolfe To Houellebecq, I Think You Have To Have An Understanding And Insight Of The Human Condition That Is Informed And Motivated By A Desire To Immerse Yourself In The Human World And Bring These Stories To Bear.

Thinking

Understanding

Desire

The Blues Is Losing Someone You Love And Not Having Enough Money To Immerse Yourself In Drink.

Love

Money

Losing Someone

I Always Start Tours With A Great Deal Of Anticipation.

Anticipation

Deals

We Spend Millions Of Dollars To Remove Pain From Our Lives. It's Why So Many People Get Hooked On Painkillers. The Body Becomes Addicted To Painlessness. That Tells You A Lot.

Pain

People

Dollars

Keep Me Preoccupied Keep Me Busy, Busy, Busy So I Won't Have To Think I Don't Want To Think Because It Only Brings Me Pain I Just Keep Running Away From My Problems Keep Me Busy Give Me A Million Things To Do So I Can Keep Running Away From Myself.

Running

Pain

Thinking

Before Any American Points A Finger At President Putin And Calls Him Nasty Names, They Should Recognize That A Lot Of Americans Agree With Putin On His Stance Against Homosexual And Transgender People.

Names

People

President

I Think Self-reliance And Self-responsibility And Self-accountability Will Help You As A Parent, A Teacher, As A Citizen As A Friend.

Teacher

Responsibility

Thinking

My Fear Is Naked, I'm Naked And Fearless, And My Fear Is Naked...

Fearless

Naked

If I'm In L.a. For Longer Than 20 Days, I'm Looking For Work, Because I Don't Do Vacations.

Vacation

Ifs

Looking For Work

Being Unique Is Never Easy, And Often, By The Time Culture Catches Up With You, There Are Only A Few People Who Notice.

Unique

People

Culture

Hopefully, One Enhances [when Growing Older] His Sense Of Humor. As He Approaches 50, He'll Need All The Humor He Can Get.

Needs

Growing

Sense Of Humor

The Only Thing About Sanctions Is That, Like A Lot Of Drone Strikes, There Are Countless Unintended Victims. Cutting Off Aid To Uganda Only Increases The Pain There.

Pain

Cutting

Uganda

Anyone Who Wants To Help Me Doesn't. Anyone Who Wants To Kill Me Might. Anyone Who Wants To Love Me Better Not.

Want

Might

Helping

But Can A Song Stop A War? If Bob Marley And Bob Dylan Couldn't Do It, It Can't Be Done.

Song

War

Done

In The Theory Of Evolution There Is No Talk Of God And No Bibles Are Used. They're Not Looking For Higher Powers, Extraterrestrials, Or Anything Else That Could Be Found In The Science Fiction Section, Because They Are Not Dealing With Fiction.

Theory Of Evolution

Fiction

Used

There're Some Places That Are More Difficult Or Dangerous To Navigate And I Wouldn't Look Forward To Going Back. Like I'd Much Rather Go Back To Afghanistan - Which Fascinates Me - Quicker Than I'd Go Back To Spend A Week Walking Around Nairobi, Kenya, Which Is A Great And Easy Way To Get Yourself Killed.

Way

Looks

Kenya

I Like The Sound Of My Voice, Doesn't Mean It's Any Good But I Like It. The Joke Is That "all Good Singers Like The Sound Of Their Own Voice" So We'll Go With That.

Mean

Voice

Sound

For Myself, I Can't Understand A Life Without A Job. I Don't Know What I Would Do Without Employment. Retirement Is Out Of The Question For Me.

Retirement

Jobs

Employment

Most Of The Writers I Like Just Intimidate And Humble Me But In That There's A Good Deal Of Inspiration To Be Had As Well.

Inspiration

Humble

Intimidating

Nothing Brings People Together More, Than Mutual Hatred.

Anger

People

Hatred

Everything You Do Makes My Body Scream With Loneliness.

Loneliness

Body

Scream

I'm Most Comfortable On Stage.

Stage

Comfortable

I'm Actually On The Twitter Like All Those Crazy Young Kids Are, And If I'm Going To Do An In-store Appearance Or I Post Something On My Website, I Tweet These Followers, A Word I Don't Like So Much, And Over 50,000 People Go, Like, 'okay, I Got It.'

Crazy

Kids

People

I Think Perry Ferrell Put Independent Music On A Very Good Path With Lollapalooza.

Independent

Thinking

Path

I Was A Very Repressed Young Person. I Wasn't Good At School. I Didn't Fit In.

School

Fit

Young

I Cling To My Memories Of Glorious Desperation.

Memories

Desperation

Glorious

I'm Just Shallow And Self-interested, And Don't Get Out Much Because I'm Afraid Of Real Commitments.

Real

Commitment

Self

Lou Reed's Music Has Been In The Lives Of Millions Of People All Over The World For Decades. He Had A Truly Universal Presence And Was Respected By Musicians Across All Genres.

People

Reeds

Musician

'fox News' Will One Day Come To An End. Led Zeppelin Will Not. It's As Simple As That.

Simple

One Day

News

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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