It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

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You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy.

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The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

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Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

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I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

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I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

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And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

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When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

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Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

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I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name, doing more reading.

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