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I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
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I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties of emotions which I cannot seem to express in pop music, and it frustrates me. Maybe that's why I still search for other ways of expressing myself. Song writing is a limiting experience in some ways, writing down words that have to rhyme.
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To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
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How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.
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Rock and roll is a spent force in that we can't expect any more from it, either as music or an instrument for social change. It is merely recycling itself and everything is a rehash of something else. I'm not that good a musician to break out of it, it's all I can do.
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Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the public is a good influence. There is a lot to learn from her.
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The whole concept of this band is to present the ugly truth about society, warts and all, and let the chips fall where they may.
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Smooth, but not a criminal.
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I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time. I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film - after that, they can go away and say that was great, and go back to their problems. I don't want to change the world with our music. There are no hidden messages in our songs, except for some of Brian's.
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Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
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