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“Making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.”

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Os Guinness, born on September 30, 1941, is a British author, historian, and public intellectual. His works span a variety of fields including religion, politics, society, and culture, and have been well-received by readers. more

“One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not all up to me to do everything myself. There's always that fear that you'll run out of stuff. The most difficult part for me is writing lyrics, and that starts to get difficult after you've written, like, 120 songs.”

Writing Ideas Running Song Stuff Difficult Nice Written Depends Band Nice Things

Author:Dean Wareham

“My standards are higher than they used to be, I think. They don't necessarily have to make sense, but I certainly work on them a lot harder now -- partly because I do them on the computer, and I print them out and fix them, and print them and fix them over and over again, whereas in the early days I used to just scratch down a few things on a piece of paper.”

Thinking Used Pieces Higher Paper Computer Standards Harder Used To Be Make Sense Print Scratches

Author:Dean Wareham

“Oh sure, the songs have all totally evolved. I mean, when you're playing the same songs night in night out, they take on a life of their own. I can't even remember what I wrote some of them about now!”

Mean I Can Remember Night Song

Author:Gary Jules

“Well, when it comes to inspiration, I come from San Diego originally - it's an un-media-hyped, sleepy sort of town, big on beach culture you know?”

Knows Wells Bigs Inspiration Culture Media Towns Beach Sleepy San Diego

Author:Gary Jules

“I never thought I'd end up as a computer freak, but that's how the cookie crumbles. I do spend a lot of my time on the Internet, and often check out the different E-zines on the web, especially if something Iron Savior related is going down.”

Ifs Different Ends Internet Computer Checks Related My Time Iron Savior Freak Cookies Zines

Author:Yenz Leonhardt

“I had an old band in Scandinavia, the beginning of Mercyful Fate, so it reminds me of my roots as a teenager. We used to play songs like Grinder and all that. It's really like being a teenager again. (Laughs)”

Play Used Song Laughing Fate Band Roots Teenager Being A Teenager Grinder Scandinavia

Author:Yenz Leonhardt

“I have a feeling that the kids are slowly returning to the roots, with this new Metal trend. I can really feel there are a lot of exciting young bands doing kinds of underground Metal, which of course is a lot more dirty than the stuff that we do, but I like it all the same.”

Feels Kind I Can Feelings Kids Young Courses Stuff Band Roots Exciting Dirty Trends Metals

Author:Yenz Leonhardt

“Connie Smith and I have worked a lot of shows together in the past, and it will be nice to do that again”

Shows Together Past Nice Being Nice

Author:Gene Watson

“I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.”

Has Beens Singing

Author:Gene Watson

“I love truthful songs that tell a story and talk about people and their lives. If a song calls for a tear, then we will cry. If a song calls for a smile, then we will laugh. That is what I like to do.”

People Ifs Stories Song Laughing Cry Tears Truthful Truth Love

Author:Gene Watson

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