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“I like to carry around extremely pretentious books, and I don't know if I can read them, but if I hold them near me, it imbues me with a sense of powerful intelligence.”

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Sam Amidon

Sam Amidon (born June 3, 1981) is an American folk musician, singer, and songwriter known for his unique approach to folk music. Born into a musical family—his father is folk musician Ronny Cox—Amidon has developed a distinctive style that blends traditional folk with contemporary elements. He gained recognition through his innovative reinterpretations of classic folk songs and his original compositions, establishing himself as an important voice in modern American folk music. more

“I think about my cocaine use. I liked it. I thought it was a great drug. But I knew that if I was doing that almost exclusively, I wouldn't be able to continue to also have significant others and a wide range of other things. And I wasn't special. A number of people, including the people I was doing cocaine with, also behaved the same way.”

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Author:Carl Hart

“Looking at the data and at my drug use and evaluating it carefully just let me see that I wasn't special, but my drug use challenged what I thought about cocaine. Because I would accept when I would say, "What happened to that person?" and someone would say, "They started using cocaine...they went downhill..." I would just accept that, even though I had a different experience and all these other people had a different experience. But I would throw that out because I thought my experience was an aberration.”

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Author:Carl Hart

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