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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.

I want to write songs and play them for people – live.

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

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I was a music fan first way before I started creating it, so I still get giddy when I get to be around people that I respect so much.

China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds.

Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.

Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.

When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel.

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