"Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jeffrey Lewis

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“It is absolutely beyond a shadow of a doubt that more firearms in a society actually cuts the amount of crime in that same society.”
“Oh yeah, the preacher's kid has to be the baddest one. If everyone is smoking weed, we've got to smoke crack. If you're throwing rocks, we've got to throw bigger rocks”
“Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!”
“There is a Life Stream that flows to you, and this is a Stream of clarity, a Stream of wellness, a Stream of abundance - and in any moment, you are allowing it or not. What someone else does with the Stream, or not, does not have anything to do with how much of it will be left for you.”
“...what makes you older is when your bones, muscles and blood wear out, when the heart sinks into oblivion and all the houses you ever lived in are gone and people are not really certain that your civilization ever existed.”
“What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents? And I can turn to them and say without blinking, â€˜Jesus Christ.â€™”

Source : The RELEVANT Magazine Interview, relevantmagazine.com. April 30, 2003.
“Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.”
“Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.”

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