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I Pay Attention To What's Going On Around Me. I'm Always Looking For New Energy, New Talent, New Voices. When You Do That I Think It's Easier To Come Up With Fresh Ideas. It's Not That My Career Has Been Based On Surprising People, But It's Been About Challenging Myself - To Constantly Do New Things That Are Going To Broaden My Own Mind And In The Process, Hopefully, Connect With Other People.

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I Pay Attention To What's Going On Around Me. I'm Always Looking For New Energy, New Talent, New Voices. When You Do That I Think It's Easier To Come Up With Fresh Ideas. It's Not That My Career Has Been Based On Surprising People, But It's Been About Challenging Myself - To Constantly Do New Things That Are Going To Broaden My Own Mind And In The Process, Hopefully, Connect With Other People.

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Everyone Has A Self-destructive Nature In Them. It's Whether You Feed It Or Not. You Don't Have To Be A Pop Star To Feel Connected To Destruction Or Self-destruction. But Self-destruction Is Self-obsession, And Self-obsession Is Not Really Possible If You're Engaged In Raising Children. And If You Have A Spiritual Life, You're Constantly Being Asked To See Yourself As One Small Fragment In The Bigger Picture.

I Feel Like Everybody Needs To Take A Sabbatical And Go To Russia And Africa And Work In Orphanages And Really Witness True Suffering. And Then You'll Just Feel Ridiculous For Ever Complaining About Anything. Everybody Needs That Kind Of Reality Check.

I Like To Touch People's Hearts.

I Became An Overachiever To Get Approval From The World.

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