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Some People Say, I'd Give Anything To Be 30 Again. Well, I Really Wouldn't. I Didn't Enjoy Being 30.
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Some People Say, I'd Give Anything To Be 30 Again. Well, I Really Wouldn't. I Didn't Enjoy Being 30.

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Energy
Hunters
I Produce The Records. I Don't Hand Over Control To Some Really Expensive Producer Who Then Talks To The Record Company And Then Tries To Bend Me To Their Will - For Commercial Purposes.
Hands
Trying
Purpose
When One Doesn’t Want The Limelight, But Is Also Creative In Developing Whatever It Is They Are, Then You Can Have Two Equal People That Aren’t Competing Against Each Other. I Think When You Are In The Same Field, It’s Difficult To Leave It Outside And Not Compete. Then When The Doors Are Closed, That Pervades Everything.
Thinking
Doors
Two
The Sun Is Getting Dim, Will I Pay For Who I've Been?
Unanswered Questions
Pay
Sun
Do We Soon Forget The Things We Cannot See?
Forget
Romance Is Important To Me, And To Have A Romance With Your Husband Takes A Bit Of Doing. The Key Is To Make Sure Your Partner Misses You. That Means You Have To Take Yourself Away.
Husband
Mean
Keys
Her Cover Version Of Smells Like Teen Spirit Is The Reason Kurt Killed Himself.
Death
Suicide
Smell
I Can't Believe That I Would Keep, Keep You From Flying And I Would Cry A Thousand More If That's What It Takes To Sail You Home.
Believe
Home
Flying
Haze All Clouding Up In My Mind In The Daze Of The Why It Could've Never Been.
Mind
Daze
Haze
I Was Fascinated To Think About A Place Where Men Could Be The Mothers And I Thought Of My Own Song-writing And I Decided To Have A Relationship With Their Daughters.
Daughter
Mother
Song
Somebody Will Come Backstage And Go, 'you Saved Me.' And I Will Have To Say, 'stop Right There. You Saved Yourself.'
You Saved Me
Saved
There Is A Time And A Place For Things. Sometimes One Needs To Put A Filter On Oneself. That Can Be A Good Thing.
Filters
Needs
Sometimes
Years Go By Will I Still Be Waiting For Somebody Else To Understand Years Go By If I'm Stripped Of My Beauty And The Orange Clouds Raining In Head Years Go By Will I Choke On My Tears Till Finally There Is Nothing Left One More Casualty You Know We're Too Easy Easy Easy
Rain
Clouds
Years
Some People Say, I'd Give Anything To Be 30 Again. Well, I Really Wouldn't. I Didn't Enjoy Being 30.
People
Giving
Enjoy
He Said, First Let's Just Unzip Your Religion Down.
Firsts
Said
Many People Lock A Part Of Themselves Away. It's A Bit Sacred.
People
Locks
Sacred
I Am The Worst Influence. If You Can't Handle Your Vices, Then I Am The Devil.
Devil
Vices
Influence
A Guitarist Or A Drummer Can Get A Cold And Still Play; I Get A Cold And Sound Like A Wet Mitten Trying To Sing You A Love Song. Charming.
Music
Song
Play
This Was A Time Frame When Dance Music And Clubs Were Having A Real Impact On Culture, And It Had An Impact On Me.
Inspirational
Dance
Real
I Think Having A Child Can Really Change You If You're Open To It.
Children
Thinking
Ifs
I Would Love To Compose Something For Dance Before I Kick The Bucket, And I'm Not Closed-minded About The Dance, Or The Dance Company.
Inspirational
Dance
Buckets
When They Say Take From My Body, I Think I'll Take From Mine Instead. Getting Off, Getting Off While They're All Down Stairs.
Thinking
Body
Masturbation
I Don't Mind A Dirty Girl. But What I Find Tragic Is When We, As Women, Become Not The Subject Of Our Own Story But Someone Else's Object.
Girl
Dirty
Naughty
I Love The Classic Crooners, But I Got That From My Mother - She Worked In A Record Store.
Mother
Records
Classic
I've Worked With Many Powerful Men In The Music Industry.
Powerful
Men
Music Industry
I Really Respect Anybody Who Stands By Their Truth.
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