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“I will be the first to admit that getting votes and getting an audience are two different things. For example, a politician really can't be elected if he's hated by half the people. A talk show host, however, can be an overwhelming national phenomenon while being hated by half the people.”
Source : Tamar Myers (2008). “As the World Churns”, p.82, NYLA
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“As you deal with thumb-crossings, or fingerings for the F-sharp-minor scale, or chromatic scales in double thirds, it is hard to accept that these will eventually allow you to probe eternity in the final movement of Beethoven’s last sonata. Imagine that you are scrubbing the grout in your bathroom and are told that removing every last particle of mildew will somehow enable you to deliver the Gettysburg Address.”
Source : "Every Good Boy Does Fine" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 8, 2013. 
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“Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female.”
Source : "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.
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“Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society”
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“The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I'm a firm believer in anxiety and the power of negative thinking.”
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“People with big personalities are best in the center of the table. They can help carry the conversation from that place.”
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“A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.”
