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“I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore.”

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Errol Morris

Errol Morris, born on February 5, 1948, is a renowned film director from the United States. His works are known for their unique narrative style and in-depth exploration of historical events. His representative works include 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Thin Blue Line', which have won the love of audiences and won multiple awards. more

“Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for a while. That meant you could stick around, put out another album or two. Maybe it would be the second or third album where you'd make the statement you'd been trying to make all along.”

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Author:Mark Mothersbaugh

“With MTV in the '80s, you made your album but then you needed to use any money you made to create a video - instead of being able to use that money to pay for you and your band to live on while you wrote new songs. So MTV upped the ante of looking for one hit. Conceptual bands who didn't have a hit were going to lose.”

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“With vinyl you had twenty-two minutes per side. CDs came along, and you had sixty, seventy, eighty minutes and people felt like they had to fill them up. They were like those Fuji apples from Japan. They look like perfect, super-gigantic versions of American apples.”

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“That's a male pornographic fantasy that we're buttoned-up all day and let our boobs hang out at night. The truth is, some girls are very girly and feminine, and they love to wear makeup and high heels. Other girls are more tomboyish, and they don't.”

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