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“When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.”

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William T. Vollmann is a renowned American novelist born on July 28, 1959. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound exploration of social issues. more

“Some friends and I, we went right up there behind the studio and we got on a train, we could tell it was going to go to Roseville. We got off it and got on another train. And we got to Roseville, and it takes hours to get through that yard. It's really big. So we ended up just coming back here. It's like fishing or hunting. You can't always come back with something.”

Bigs Hours Behinds Train Studios Fishing Hunting Yards Coming Back

Author:William T. Vollmann

“I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were bootlegs around at the time that had my name on the cover, but the music had nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to compare myself to [Jimmie] Hendrix, but back in the '70s, there were some Hendrix bootlegs.”

People Knows Trying Real Wanted Names My Own Saws Stores Compare Buying Hendrix

Author:DJ Shadow

“I couldn't help but feel very different from everybody, so I think that's why I found such a big world in music, and that's why I kind of - I was an introvert as a kid, but I loved the piano, and that's where I felt at home.”

Thinking World Feels Kind Different Helping Home Bigs Kids Found Felt Piano Introvert

Author:Emeli Sande

“I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.”

School Break Quiet Piano Lunch Weekend After School Lunch Break

Author:Emeli Sande

“As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was always uncomfortable with the thought of sending somebody who came to my site to buy something to some other store. It just occurred to me, "Why can't we do this?"”

Artist Party Thirds Stores Uncomfortable Site Third Parties Itunes

Author:DJ Shadow

“My problem with iTunes is that I don't have any say in how I'm represented on the site.”

Problem Site Itunes

Author:DJ Shadow

“From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.”

Writing Important Kids Wanted My Own Materials

Author:Emeli Sande

“Raising your kids vegetarian is a great way to encourage them to do the opposite of what you want! But the goal is not to have them have the same values that I have. It's to have them act on their values.”

Way Want Kids Values Goal Opposites What You Want Vegetarian

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.”

People Voice My Own Stage Quiet Singing Shy Only Time

Author:Emeli Sande

“In certain cases I don't want to sell tracks individually; I want to only sell the whole album. With simple things like that I just don't get any response [from iTunes]. I don't want to kill iTunes - I just want to offer my own retail experience in my own tiny corner of the Internet.”

Want Whole Certain My Own Simple Cases Internet Offers Sells Response Track Albums Corners Tiny Simple Things Retail Itunes

Author:DJ Shadow

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