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I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.

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Thought, Either, Were, Aggressive

It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

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Career, Achievements, Very, Dessert

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

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Achievements, Like, Itself, Dessert

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

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Law, Size, His, Precise

The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.

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Art, Very, Commodity, Whereas

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

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Tell, Later, Else, Everything Else

For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.

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Music, Else, Then, Everything Else

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.

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Rock And Roll, Play, Career, Sold-Out

I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.

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Bachelor, Last, Had, Girlfriends

Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

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Equality, Mankind, Committed, Labors

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

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Friendship, Acceptable, Nine-To-Five

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'

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Shy, I Remember, Brought, Defense Mechanism

There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.

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Think, New, Types, Archaeology

You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.

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Health, Dealing, Make, Assumptions

I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.

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Think, More, I Think, Exponentially

I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.

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Game, Young, I Think, Challenging

Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.

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Men, Should, Forced, Pants

I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game.

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Game, Rock, Think, Rock N Roll

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