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    And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.

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    Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.

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    A rebel without a clue.

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    Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time - starting with the artist - to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name.

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    As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.

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    At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records.

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    At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.

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    Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.

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    But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.

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    Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.

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    Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.

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    Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.

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    Even the losers get lucky sometimes!

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    Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.

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    Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

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    'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

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    George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.

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    Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

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    God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.

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    Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

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    Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.

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    Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.

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    He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.

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    Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.

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    How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock 'n' roll! They love it like you love Jesus.

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    I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times

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    I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.

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    I always tell my kids, "Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to.

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    I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

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    I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.

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    I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.

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    I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.

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    I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time.

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    I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

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    I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

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    I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time!

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    If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

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    If you don't run, you rust.

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    If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.

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    If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.

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    If you're not getting older, you're dead.

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    If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.

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    I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.

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    I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

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    I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.

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    I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.

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    I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

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    I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.

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    I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.

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    I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.