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“The guitar tones and the thumpy thumpy drums soaking into me so hard. People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need is to be liberated into feeling bad. Not sad, I have plenty of sad. What I need is a place where I can spray anger in sparks like a gnarled piece of electrical cable. Just be mad at stuff and soak in the helplessness.”

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Book:Master of Reality
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“This, by the way, is hardly the first time one of your has discouraged one of min. If I possessed a metal link for every tongue-clucking human who said a child was too young, the instrument too large, or the very idea of pursuing music was "a waste of time," I could wrap your world in chains. Disapproving parents, dismissive record executives, vindictive critics. sometimes I think the greatest talents of all is perserverance.”

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Book:The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
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“कवितामा प्रयोग भएका कतिपय शब्दहरू कागजमा स्थिर रहँदा पनि म तिनलाई गतिशील देख्ने गर्दछु ।ऴठ्याक्कै आफू नभएर आफ्नो हिँडाइमा आफैंले छेकेर अदृष्य बनाएका दृष्यहरू नै तिनका अर्थ हुँदा रहेछन्‌।ती शब्दहरू नसुनिने एकएक सुमधुर सङ्गीतमा वाक्यखण्ड भएर कागजबाहिर गुनगुनाइरहेका हुँदा रहेछन्‌ ।”

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Book:मनपरेका केही कविता [Manpareka Kehi Kavita]
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