I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

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I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

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What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

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It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

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The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

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Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

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Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

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To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

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But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.

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I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

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