I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.
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I think I'm a focus for international attention.
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I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.
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I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.
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I think you can get the wrong impression about me from my work and think I'm always a bit down. I'm not that way at all. I'm fun-loving.
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I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.
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I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.
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I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.
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I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.
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I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.
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I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.
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I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.
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I'm not speaking as someone who has reached satori or anything else. I'm a student.
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I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.
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I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced.
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I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life.
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I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.
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If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.
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Intellectually I'm probably a Republican.
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It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not sexy enough, people won't listen. It's part of the game.
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