The Talking Shows Allow Me To Come Out Of My Cave And That's Why Those Shows Go On For So Long. I Hate Walking Off Stage. Sometimes I Walk Off And I Miss Them As I'm Walking Off The Stage. I Wonder If They'll Let Me Go Another Hour. That's Why I Do It: To Communicate, To Get Points Across.

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It's Difficult For Me To Be Around Anyone For Longer Than An Hour. Love, Death, Elation, Sorrow, I Just Don't Care All That Much About Any Of It. I Am At This Point, More Of An Observer/journalist.

Sorrow

Elation

Care

Every Single Record I Have Is A Fossil.

Records

Fossils

Watching A Documentary With People Hacking Their Way Through Some Polar Wasteland Is Merely A Visual. Actually Trying To Deal With Cold That Can Literally Kill You Is Quite A Different Thing.

People

Trying

Different

What Makes Me Uncomfortable About [barack] Obama Is What Makes Me Uncomfortable About Any Young Politician Who Has Not Yet Been Bloodied Inside The Beltway.

Politician

Young

Uncomfortable

Those Who Seek To Profit By Division Don't Stand A Chance.

Division

Chance

Profit

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

You Can Say, "well, I Have A Question," And Someone Will Say, "oh, So You Hate America." And It Has Nothing To Do With The Discussion At All.

Hate

America

Wells

Some Soldier Will Say, 'you Know, Sir, You And I Have Some Political Disagreements, But I'm Glad You Came All The Way Out Here.' And You Know, You Say, 'well, Maybe One Day You'll See The Light But I'm Glad To Be Out Here With You.'

Light

Political

Soldier

I'm Pessimistic. I Don't Think That Justice Always Gets The Right Person.

Thinking

Justice

Pessimistic

That's The Only Interaction I Have With People, Those Talking Shows. Most Of The People In My Phone Book Are Artists, Management, Producers, Engineers. I Don't Ever Call People With, "hi! How Are You?" I Say, "how Are You? Do You Have That 16/30 Ready? When Do You Want Me To Come Into The Studio?" That's What I Do.

Book

Artist

Phones

It's Sad When Someone You Know Becomes Someone You Knew.

Relationship

Sad

Life And Death

If The Truth Is Told How I Want To Be Remembered... As Someone Who Cared. Someone Who Worked Really Hard And Someone Who Didn't Sit Around.

Want

Truth Is

Remembered

I Do A Lot Of Stuff For Free Anyway. Like A Lot Of People Who You See Who Don't Need Money. Mick Jagger - He Needs Money? He Just Likes To Go Sing Satisfaction Every Night. If I Wrote That Song I Probably Would Do It Too.

Song

Night

People

What I'm Saying Is America Has A Job Deficit Because Hundreds Of Thousands Of Jobs Went Elsewhere. Not Because [barack] Obama Raised Your Taxes. He, In Fact, Lowered Them. They Are Lower.

Jobs

America

Facts

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

Its No Surprise To Me That Anyone Hardly Tells The Truth About How They Feel. The Smart Ones Keep To Themselves For Good Reason. Why Would You Want To Tell Anyone Anything That's Dear To You? Even When You Like Them And Want Nothing More Than To Be Closer To Them? It's So Painful To Be Next To Someone You Feel So Strongly About And Know You Can't Say The Things You Want To.

Smart

Want

I Think There Is Something Very Interesting About People Who Live Day To Day In An Environment Where They Could Get Taken Out By A Wild Animal. There Has To Be Some Kind Respect That Is Derived From That Relationship.

Taken

Animal

Thinking

Dinosaur Jr. In Their Live Capacity Are A Band That Put Me In A State Of Such Overwhelming Rock That It Often Takes Quite A While To Come Down.

Rocks

Band

Dinosaurs

I'm Always Looking Upwards And Looking Forwards And So When Someone Says, "hey, Would You Consider A Tv Show?" I Say, "hell Yeah, I'll Consider That. I'll Check That Out."

Tv Shows

Hey

Tvs

The Best Revenge Is To Always Survive Yourself.

Revenge

Best Revenge

Retribution

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

Technology

Innovation

Advent

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

Doe

Lasts

Defeat

In Blues Music, There's A Lot Of Borrowing, So It's Often Difficult To Identify The Originator Of A Song.

Song

Difficult

Blues Music

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'll Never Forget How The Depression And Loneliness Felt Good And Bad At The Same Time. Still Does.

Depression

Loneliness

Feel Good

Love Is Self Deception. I Am A Living Creature. Hate Is Only Self Love. I Am A Double Feature.

Hate

Love Is

Self

The Number Of People Who Are Actual Supporters Of Mr. Romney Could Very Well Be Less Than The Donner Party, Whose Members They Sadly Resemble In Many Ways.

Party

Numbers

People

Somewhere Someone Is Thinking Of You. Someone Is Calling You An Angel. This Person Is Using Celestial Colors To Paint Your Image. Someone Is Making You Into A Vision So Beautiful That It Can Only Live In The Mind.

Beautiful

Thinking Of You

Angel

Quite Often People Will Get An Animal Which Is Probably Not A Good Idea For Them To Have. They Get It Out Of Enthusiasm, There Is A Genuine Interest, But Sometimes They're Not Exactly Prepared For What They're Getting Themselves Into.

Animal

Ideas

People

I Am Very Ambitious In A Way, In That I'm Not Trying To Be The Richest Guy Or Whatever. I Just Really Like My Work.

Guy

Trying

Ambitious

Enough Americans Saw Fit To Give President Obama A Second Term. I Don't Think There Will Be Many People Keeping Their Romney/ryan Bumper Stickers On Their Cars.

Thinking

People

Giving

I Think About The Meaning Of Pain. Pain Is Personal. It Really Belongs To The One Feeling It. Probably The Only Thing That Is Your Own. I Like Mine.

Pain

Thinking

Feelings

I Got Three Letters Today Telling Me That I'm God. Why Can't I Pay The Rent?

Three

Letters

Pay

Some People Tell Me That They Like What I Do, Which Is Great, Of Course. The Perfect Irony And Truth Is That I Need Them Much More Than They Need Me.

People

Perfect

Needs

Life Forgets Me But Will Not Let Me Forget Holds Me Down And Tells Me That I'm Free.

Down And

Forget

Hold Me

I Don't Really Write For Fun; It's Not An Enjoyable Experience. For Me, Art, Or Whatever The Hell It Is I Do, Has Always Been A Refuge From That Which Makes Me Want To Tear My Lungs Out. That's Why I Play Like I Play; I'm Not Into Entertainment.

Art

Fun

Writing

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

Funny

Country

Learning

I'm A Liar. I'll Rip Your Mind Up. I'll Burn Your Soul, I'll Turn You In To Me.

Rip

Liars

Evil

Songs Sung Under Duress Are Often Very Powerful.

Song

Powerful

Duress

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

Here You Can Be A Billionaire, Like Mark Zuckerberg Rich, But You Are Going To Die And You Are Here For A While And Ultimately All Of Your Stuff Is Kind Of Like A Rental.

Zuckerberg

Stuff

Kind

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 Really Enjoy The Lattitude I Have With Being A Private Citizen. I Can Get A Lot Done. I Am Good With That.

Citizens

Done

Enjoy

As Far As Poetry, I Don't Know If I've Ever Written Any. I've Read A Lot. I Just Write And It Comes Out In Different Forms And Shapes. I Don't Know If I'm Any Good At It I Just Really Go For It And I'm Very Prolific Book Wise Only Because I Own The Company. No One Tells Me 'no' Around Here.

Wise

Book

Writing

Your Commander Would Never Lie To You. That's The Vice President's Job.

Jobs

Lying

President

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

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

Want

Kind

Fishes

From Those Who Agonize That They May No Longer Be Able To Write Off Their Private Jet To Someone Who Doesn't Feel Like Making The Three Mile Hike To The Well To Get Water And Carry It Back, Everyone Struggles.

Struggle

Writing

Water

Canadians Are Often A Friendly Bunch.

Friendly

Bunch

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

Rocks

Pals

Punk

When You're Going Into An Employment Environment That Looks Pretty Scary, It Is Easy To Lose Your Moral Compass, Your Decency, Your Sense Of Civility And Your Sense Of Community.

Scary

Community

Looks

I'm Always Looking, People Are Always Presenting And I Have Found That Every Year Of My Life There's Been Great Bands. All Over The World, All The Time. So When Someone Goes, "music Sucks Now!" I'll Go, "i Don't Think So. Not Over At My House."

Thinking

Years

People

Everyone Should Have The Right To Go Off And Do Their Music Or Do Their Books. The People Who Are In The Position To Censor They're Really Not Down To Reality Where That Certain Artists Are Coming From.

Book

Artist

Reality

I Would Hate To Think That Some People Have Found Themselves In A Musical Cul-de-sac And Have Ceased To Explore New Music, Or At Least Music That Is New To Them, Because They Are So Glued To The Past.

Hate

Past

Thinking

It's Hard To Get Along With People. As Much As You Try To Like Them And Accept Them As Individuals, It Becomes Difficult Because They Keep Getting Out Of Line And Wasting Your Time.

People

Trying

Lines

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 Work Pretty Much Every Day. I Can't Really Separate It From Life, So I Guess The Work Is My Life.

I Can

If A Slave Were To Raise His Voice To His Master, He Risked All Manner Of Punishment. Yet What Was Possible In Many Circumstances Was To Lift One's Voice In Song. This Was A Major Ingredient In What Is Now Known As Blues And Gospel. Slaves May Have Been Regarded As Subhuman By Their Cruel Captors, But Through Music, They Were Proud And Dignified.

Song

Voice

Punishment

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

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

Rights

Movement

Jazz

For Many Years, My Favorite Director Has Been The Japanese Giant Akira Kurosawa.

Years

Directors

Giants

While They Flail About, You Will Remain Calm In The Knowledge That You Possess Strength From Within.

Life

Calm

I Don't Have Many Friends So The Phone Doesn't Ring And No One's Asking Me To Go Out And Go Dancing With Them.

Phones

Dancing

Asking

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.

Song

Years

People

I Wasn't Playing The Music, The Music Was Playing Me... And Once That Went Away, And I Had The Feeling I Was Playing Music, I Had To Stop. The Need To Go Onstage And Get My Brain Flattened Every Night Left Me, And What I Didn't Wanna Do Is Go Onstage And Perpetrate A Fraud... You Cannot Fool An Audience.

Night

Feelings

Brain

To Hate Is To Show You Still Care, Who Needs That, Focus On What's Really Important.

Hate

Focus

Important

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

My Main Goal Is To Stay Alive. To Keep Fooling Myself Into Hanging Around. To Keep Getting Up Every Day. Right Now I Live Without Inspiration. I Go Day To Day And Do The Work Because It's All I Know. I Know That If I Keep Moving I Stand A Chance. I Must Keep Myself Going Until I Find A Reason To Live. I Need One So Bad. On The Other Hand Maybe I Don't. Maybe It's All Bullshit. Nothing I Knew From My Old Life Can Help Me Here. Most Of The Things That I Believed Turned Out To Be Useless. Appendages From Someone Else's Life.

Moving

Inspiration

Hands

Books Are Cool, But Knowledge Without Mileage Doesn't Mean Anything To Me.

Book

Mean

Mileage

What I Felt For You Was A Combination Of Respect And Affection. There Was A Closeness I Felt Through Intimate Interaction. The Affection Part Is All Over With. All That Remains Is The Respect. If I Put My Arms Around You And Told You That I Missed You, I Would Be Lying. You're Alright With Me And I Wish You Well. But You're Not Me And That Makes You One Of Them And You Can Only Get So Close.

Lying

Wish

Would Be

If I Had To Perform In A Comedy Club I Would Bomb; I Would Be Trying Too Hard.

Trying

Would Be

Bombs

Knowledge Without Mileage Equals Bullshit.

Bullshit

Mileage

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

Life

Hurt

Real

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

They Say True Love Only Comes Around Once And You Have To Hold Out And Be Strong Until Then. I Have Been Waiting. I Have Been Searching. I Am A Man Under The Moon, Walking The Streets Of Earth Until Dawn. 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.

Strong

Moon

Men

When The Movie Comes Out, What Anybody Thinks Of It Doesn't Really Matter To Me. I Don't Go To The Wrap Party. I Don't Go To The Premiere.

Movie

Party

Thinking

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

My Mother, A Very Eclectic Listener, Had The First Doors Album And Gave It To Me When I Expressed Interest In The Band. It Was One Of The First Records I Ever Had. As The Years Passed, The Babysitters Who Used To Look After Me Would Bring Their Doors Albums To The Apartment, And That's How I Got To Hear Their Later Work.

Mother

Doors

Years

I Have No Pride About Anything I Have Done. It's Just Not The Way I Think About Things. I Do The Work, Always, As Hard As I Can, To The Point Of Pain, Injury, Exhaustion, If That Is What It Takes. Once I Am Done, I Move On.

Pain

Moving

Pride

I've Been On 'jay Leno,' And Everyone Likes Jay, But Being On That Show Is A Really Boring Afternoon. I Sincerely Like Jay, But I Wouldn't Want His Job, Because I'd Have To Interview Kathy Ireland, And There's Nothing There I'd Want To Know.

Jobs

Afternoon

Want

For Me, Memphis Has Always Been A City That Holds A Great Deal Of Meaning And Also Leads Me To A Lot Of Thinking. Besides Sun Studio, Which Helped Put Rock N' Roll On The Map All Over The World, The Legendary Stax Studio Also Called Memphis Home.

Home

Thinking

Rocks

Like A Lot Of Inwardly Drawn Young People, I Spent A Lot Of Time In Libraries. At My High School, I Often Spent My Lunch Breaks There.

School

Lunch Break

People

When She Comes She Pulls You Close She Breathes In Short Bursts Her Eyes Close Her Head Tilts Back Her Mouth Opens Slightly Her Thighs Turn To Steel, And Then Melt She Is Perfect And You Feel Like You Are Everything.

Eye

Perfect

Steel

It Is Impossible, After A Certain Point, To Go Back To A Previous Way Of Life, A Previous Way Of Thinking.

Thinking

Way

Impossible

A Text Conversation Is A Short Exchange Of Often Grossly Truncated Language That Corresponds To A Thought Made All The More Shallow By The Process.

Language

Shallow

Made

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

I Am The Assasin Of My Dreams.

Dream

Low Self Esteem

The World’s A Better Place Since I Chose Music. I Like The Physical Aspect Of It, The Volume And The Intensity Of It. It’s Loud And Hard. I Like All That Because Inside Me I Feel Like Screaming.

World

Intensity

Volume

I Look At Pictures Of You Because I Am Afraid That You Would Notice Me Staring In Real Life. I Looked At Your Picture Today For Countless Minutes. It Is Closer Than I’ll Ever Get To You For Real. I Felt Like I Was Looking At A Captured Animal At A Safe Distance. If You Knew I Was Doing This, You Would Feel Sickened And Frightened. That’s Why You’ll Never Know. Years Will Go By And You’ll Never Know. I Will Never Say The Things That I Want To Say To You. I Know The Damage It Would Do. I Love You More Than I Hate My Loneliness And Pain.

Pain

Hate

Real

I Have Had A Number Of Less-than-enviable Moments In My Life When Dealing With Other People. I Won't Attempt To Blunt That By Saying I Am Not The Only One.

Numbers

People

Moments

Sometimes You Can Get So Far In Yourself That You Don't Know Who You Are.

Self

Sometimes

Knows

We Are Occupants. No One Has Any Lasting Purchase On Life Or On The Planet.

Planets

Lasting

I'm Not Trying To Amass People In The Streets. I Just Want Them To Be More Aware.

People

Trying

Want

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

For Me, Returning To Los Angeles Annihilates The Memories Of Where I Have Just Been With An Astonishing Speed.

Memories

Speed

Los Angeles

I've Never Raped Or Killed Anybody, Or Hurt A Kid. I've Done All The More Inept, High-volume Stuff - Like, "whoops, Sorry I Came In Your Hair. Don't Worry, I Won't Use Your Name When I Tell This Story On Stage."

Hurt

Sorry

Kids

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

Rock Is Ironic In That, Up To A Certain Point, You Can Get Better And Better At It If You Don't Mind Possibly Looking More And More Ridiculous.

Rocks

Ironic

Mind

George Zimmerman Is A Foot Soldier In A Rapidly Privatizing Country. He Is A New Centurion Of 21st-century America. Law Enforcement Is Tied Down By The Strictures Of, Well, The Law. There Is Only 'so Much They Can Do' To Take Care Of The 'problem.'

Country

Law

Feet

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

It Is Our Destiny To Be Born Beautiful Into An Ugly Age.

Beautiful

Destiny

Age

It's One Thing To Buy A Copy Of 'atlas Shrugged.' You Actually Have To Read It To Get Anything Out Of It.

Atlas

Copies

One Thing

Muscle Mass Does Not Always Equal Strength. Strength Is Kindness And Sensitivity. Strength Is Understanding That Your Power Is Both Physical And Emotional. That It Comes From The Body And The Mind. And The Heart.

Kindness

Heart

Emotional

If I Hear, 'be Afraid Of Tehran,' I'm Like, 'i'd Better Go To Tehran.'

Tehran

Ifs

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

Karma

Heaven

Hell

I Have Been Curious About Haiti For Many Years. The History Of The Country Is As Fascinating As It Is Turbulent.

Country

Years

Haiti

Spending Time In Calcutta [india] Really Did A Number On Me. The Way Life And Death Are Almost The Same Thing, The Way Poverty Is Dealt With, The Sheer Number Of Dead Bodies You See, It's All Pretty Overwhelming.

Numbers

Life And Death

Way

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

When I Think Of Mick Jagger Still Singing That He Can't Get Any Satisfaction In Over Forty Years Of Being In The Rolling Stones, I Have To Conclude That He's Either Lying Or Not All That Bright.

Lying

Thinking

Years

If The Constitution Was A Movie, The Preamble Would Be The Trailer, The First Amendment The Establishing Shot, The 13th The Crowd Pleaser And The 14th The Ultimate Hero Scene.

Hero

Would Be

Crowds

We're At Peak Oil, Peak Water, Peak Resources, And So Either We Figure It Out And Let Science Lead Or We Head Down A Very Bad, Dark Trail To Where A Lot Of People Aren't Going To Make It.

Dark

Oil

People

I've Always Seen It As The Role Of An Artist To Drag His Inside Out, Give The Audience All You've Got. Writers, Actors, Singers, All Good Artists Do The Same. It Isn't Supposed To Be Easy.

Artist

Giving

Roles

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

Gay

Sound

Arkansas

'duck Dynasty' Is A Ridiculous Show, And Long May It Wave. America And Democracy Will Endure. They've Seen A Lot Worse.

Ducks

America

Long

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

To Justify Being Listened To, I Try To Be As Well Informed As I Can. Hence, The Travel. Reading Is Good Too. Reading Gets You Part Way There, And I Do Read Pretty Voraciously For A Guy Who's Trying To Write So Much.

Reading

Writing

Guy

The Internet, The Camera Cellphone And The Like Have Not Only Sped Up The World's Information Uptake, But They Have Cheapened That Which They Capture.

Cameras

World

Information

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

Boys

Boy Scout

Interest

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

I Just Work, To The Exclusion Of Most Other Things. I Rarely Work In A Frenzied Manner, Just Kind Of - If You Take The Beater That Whips The Icing Or The Eggs Into Shape - On The Upper End Of Medium Speed, That's Kind Of How I Am About Seven Days A Week.

Eggs

Shapes

Icing

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

Mind

Young Minds

Young

If I Think Of The Audience Too Much, Then I'm Going To Start Catering To Them...and It Turns Into Entertainment. And I've Got Time For Entertainment; I'm Just Not At All That Interested In Doing It Myself. I'd Rather Go For Some Pretty Raw Expression.

Thinking

Expression

Too Much

I Am Talking About Ultimate Deceit. I Am Talking About Unparalleled Treachery. Bottomless Lies. Depths That Are Seen That Are Previously Unimaginable. Darkness And Shattering Despair That Could Break Bones. Paranoia And Horror That Could Stop The Heart Cold. All Inflicted On One's Self By One's Self. The Soul Turns Schizophrenic And Goes Hopelessly Insane.

Lying

Heart

Self

Let's Pretend My Career In Music Is A Bell. Whether You Like My Music Or Not Is Up To You. But You've Got To Admit I Rang That Bell Pretty Hard And Pretty Often.

Careers

Up To You

Bells

I'm Trying To Be Confrontational And Direct. If I Lack Directness Then I Only Have Myself To Blame Because I Lack The Skills To Make My Point Clear.

Skills

Trying

Blame

Somewhere, Someone Isn’t Impressed By Your Looks. Not All Men Jump Through The Hoops Of Your Fire. You’re Unbelievably Boring To More People Than You’ll Ever Know.

Men

Fire

People

Can You Imagine Telling A Woman She Can't Vote!? The Women I Hang Out With Would Be Going Home With Parts Of Your Anatomy Swinging From Their Rearview.

Home

Would Be

Vote

If You Watch A Stretch Of Tv For A Few Hours, There Is A Good Chance You'll Hear Me On Some Commercial Or In Some Documentary Or On A Cartoon As Some Voice Of A Character.

Character

Voice

Cartoon

There Are Religions And Social And Moral Awareness In Any Society That Gets Passed Immediately. Those Human Truths. All Cultures Address Them.

Culture

Addresses

Moral

I Think Of The Thrill Of An Intelligent Woman Talking Just To Me.

Intelligent

Thinking

Talking

I Want A Soul Mate Who Can Sit Me Down, Shut Me Up, Tell Me Ten Things I Don’t Already Know, And Make Me Laugh. I Don’t Care What You Look Like, Just Turn Me On. And If You Can Do That, I Will Follow You On Bloody Stumps Through The Snow. I Will Nibble Your Mukluks With My Own Teeth. I Will Do Your Windows. I Will Care About Your Feelings. Just Have Something In There.

Snow

Laughing

Soul

I Like Boring Black And White Films With Subtitles. I'm Basically A Drip.

Black And White

Film

Boring

If I'm Jetlagging, And I've Missed Some Meals, And It Gets To That Point In A Movie That You're Supposed To Cry, I'll Let My Defences Down From Around My Inherent Standing Level Of Cynicism, And I'll Cry.

Meals

Levels

Cry

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 Don't Mind Bees And Think We Are All The Better For Having Them Around. I Like The Taste Of Honey.

Thinking

Mind

Honey

Girls Aren't Beautiful, They're Pretty. Beautiful Is Too Heavy A Word To Assign To A Girl. Women Are Beautiful Because Their Faces Show That They Know They Have Lost Something And Picked Up Something Else.

Beautiful

Girl

Faces

The World's A Better Place Since I Chose Music.

World

Better Place

Music Keeps You Young. Having Music In Your Life Keeps You Open To Things.

Young

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

The Wacken Festival Started More Than 20 Years Ago With Just A Few Hundred People In Attendance. Tickets Now Sell Out Before The Lineup Is Announced.

Years

People

Attendance

I Feel Close To People Like Jimi Hendrix Because I Connect With His Music. Not The Man But What He Did.

Men

People

He Man

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

Country

Crazy

Vietnam

My First Introduction To African Music Was By My Mother, Who Bought The 'pata Pata' Album By The Great Miriam Makeba When It Came Out. Now That Is An Album. What A Voice.

Mother

Voice

Albums

When People Make My Country Look Bad, I Can't Stand It.

Country

People

Looks

I Think Marriage Is A Boring And Fault-ridden Contractual Obligation.

Thinking

Faults

Boring

America Has 2.2 Million Of It's Citizens Incarcerated. It's A Statistic We Should Be Ashamed Of.

America

Citizens

Should

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

America

Would Be

Pay

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela Had And Still Has Many Detractors.

Stills

Nelson

Maybe I'm Ego-tripping, But I Don't Find Myself A Particularly Horrible Person, So I Don't Think I Need To Hold Back Anything I Think Or Feel.

Thinking

Ego

Needs

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

Summer

Usa

America

I Always Start Tours With A Great Deal Of Anticipation.

Anticipation

Deals

There's No Rule That You Have To Like Henry Rollins The Musician Or The Actor.

Musician

Actors

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

There Is A Lot To Say About What Bikini Kill And Other 'riot Grrrl' Bands Were Able To Achieve When They First Set Out. They Were Not Some Momentary, Convulsive, Creative Spasm Of Independent Music. There Was A Very Real, Relevant Point Of View Being Expressed.

Real

Independent

Views

Scar Tissue Is Stronger Than Regular Tissue. Realize The Strength, Move On.

Life

Stay Strong

Moving

When You're Little And You Don't Have Much Dough, You Have To Innovate. You Have To Be Sharp.

Littles

Dough

Quite Often Governments Are One Way And The People Are Another.

Government

People

Way

Giving A Good Performance, Giving It All Is What It's All About. I Love To Perform.

Giving

Giving It All

Performances

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'm Not A Singer. If You've Heard Any Of My Records, That's Not Singing. I Have No Vocal Qualities Whatsoever. I've Got A Lot Of Enthusisam And I Go To The Cross, But There's No Skill Going On There. It's More Just Intuitiveness.

Skills

Singing

Quality

I Don't Want To Pass Through Life Like A Smooth Plane Ride.

Want

Smooth

Planes

An Adult Has The Opportunity To Enjoy The Wisdom Gleaned From Previous Decades Of Living And Experience.

Opportunity

Adults

Enjoy

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

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

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

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 Love Being A Storyteller. I Love Telling Stories.

Love Is

Stories

Telling Stories

As A Young Person, I Wanted Everyone To Agree With Me.

Young

Wanted

Agree

Think About It: No Matter Who You Are, The Past Plays A Large Part In Your Life. I Am All About Living In The Present As Best As I Can. Try As I Might, There Is Only So Much I Am Able To Achieve On This Front.

Thinking

Past

Play

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

Running

Men

Castles

The Material You Work With Is That Which You Will Come To Resemble. That Which You Work Against Will Always Work Against You, Including Yourself.

Materials

Including

I Don't Believe It Mattered To Timothy Mcveigh Who Was President Or Who His Congressional Representative Was When He Blew Up The Murrah Building In 1995.

Believe

President

Building

Most Of The Time When I Have Met Artists Who Have Meant A Lot To Me, The Experience Has Been Well Above Expectation. People Like Iggy, Lou Reed, Jerry Lee Lewis, Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Hubert Selby Jr, Billy Gibbons, Al Pacino, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Johnny Cash Etc. Have Been Really Great To Me. What Strikes Me Is Most Of The Time, The Bigger The Celeb/legend, The More Polite And Cool They Are. It's The Insecure Ones Who Treat You Like They're Doing You A Favor By Shaking Your Hand.

Insecure

Artist

Hands

There's Nothing New About The Government Protecting Corporations And Calling It The Freeing Of The World Or Bringing Democracy To Bereft Nations.

Government

Democracy

Calling

If I Was Gay, There Would Be No Closet. You Would Never See The Closet I Came Out Of. Why? Because I'd Have Burned It For Kindling By The Time I Was Twelve... If I Was Gay, At This Stage Of The Game?age 37, Aging Alternative Icon?i'd Be Taking Out Ads.

Gay

Games

Icons

I Come From A Minimum Wage Working World, As We All Did For At Least Some Part Of Our Lives, And That Is Never Out Of My Rearview. I've Never Forgotten How Much Your Feet Hurt After You've Stood On Them For Like 12 Hours. And How The Drudgery Of A Job You Hate Craps On Your Entire Life; How You Treat Other People, How You Treat Yourself, And It Really Was Getting To Me.

Hurt

Jobs

Hate

I Am Afforded A Bit Of Easy Wonderment In Relative Comfort As To How Humans Have Lasted So Long. Climate- And Geography-wise, The Planet Seems To Have Little Use For Us.

Wise

Long

Comfort

Not That The Writers Weren't Good. I Believe In Those Books And Those Writers Very Much. It's Just That In The Climate It's Really Hard To Keep The Lights On And The Doors Open When You're Selling Poetry And Literature That Appeals To A Fringe Audience.

Believe

Book

Light

My Desires Are Foolish. The Things I Want Are Better Kept To Myself. The Hand Of Silence Is Steady. The Hard Blade Of Silence Is Clean Like Night. The Code Is Absolute. Silence Is Eternal And Patient. Silence Never Makes A Fool Of Itself Like I Have So Many Times.

Night

Hands

Silence

I Have Been Restless For As Long As I Can Remember.

Long

Remember

Restless

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.

Kings

Up Early

Television

I Don't Get A Rush From Anything. I Did Music As Hard As I Could. Acting For Me At Least, Is A Far More Restrained Performance Than Music. It Requires A Lot Of Skill And Discipline. I'm Not Any Good At It But I Enjoy Trying To Be Good At It.

Skills

Discipline

Trying

I Think As Resources Become More Dear, We Really Need To Consider Population.

Thinking

Population

Needs

Everything I Do, Writing, Touring, Travelling, It All Comes From The Punk And Hardcore Attitude, From That Expression - From Being Open To Try Things But Relying On Yourself, Taking What You Have Into The Battle And Making Of It What You Will, Hoping You Can Figure It Out As You Go. Make Some Sense Of It.

Attitude

Writing

Expression

In The City Of Pyongyang, You Don't Have To Look Very Far To See An Image Of The Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They Love The Guy. He Is Responsible For The Wonder That Is North Korea.

Korea

Cities

Guy

It's Hard For Me To Sympathize With A Young Person Who Chooses To Go Into The Military Because They Know Where They're Going. I Think We Need To Start Depopulating The Military.

Military

Thinking

Needs

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

I'd Defend Myself. But I Don't Go Around Shoving People Around; That's Not Me At All - That's For A Cop. I'm Not Into That Type Of Behavior At All.

People

Cop

Behavior

I Get Tired Of Talking When I Want To Be Silent.

Tired

Talking

Want

I Recycle And Try To Be Nice To The Earth. But Flora And Fauna Have Always Interested Me, And It Is Because Of So Many Years Of Summer Camp And Growing Up In Dc With Rock Creek Park Fairly Near Me, Or Glover Park; I Lived In Glover Park For A While And That Park Was In My Backyard.

Summer

Growing Up

Nice

But I Have A Good Life. I Enjoy What I Do. I Am Married To Work.

Good Life

Married

Enjoy

Basically, Men Are Afraid Of Women And Can’t Handle The Fact That They Came Out Of The Same Thing They Spend The Rest Of Their Lives Trying To Get Back Into.

Men

Trying

Facts

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

Knowing

Always Knowing

Dies

It Is Just That I Don't Want A Wife And I Don't Want Kids.

Children

Kids

Wife

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

It Wasn't Until My Late Twenties That I Learned That By Working Out I Had Given Myself A Great Gift. I Learned That Nothing Good Comes Without Work And A Certain Amount Of Pain. When I Finish A Set That Leaves Me Shaking, I Know More About Myself. When Something Gets Bad, I Know It Can't Be As Bad As That Workout.

Workout

Pain

Iron Will

Consumerism Is At Once The Engine Of America And Simultaneously One Of The Most Revealing Indicators Of Our Collective Shallowness.

America

Revealing

Consumerism

Football Is At Least As 'gay' As Rugby, Greco-roman Wrestling And The Film '300.'

Football

Wrestling

Gay

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

We Occupy The Planet With A Vengeance. We Seek To Dominate It.

Vengeance

Planets

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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