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Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels Picture Quote #1

The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It’s very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song Picture Quote #1

I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I was kind of perplexed by the idea of how I was going to sing and play... Because at that time, we hadn’t really thought about asking someone else Picture Quote #1

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief Picture Quote #1

In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy Picture Quote #1

My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven’t really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs Picture Quote #1

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you’re not aware there was a writer there Picture Quote #1

Tyrone, I think they’re taking to festivals. I don’t know which festivals it will be at. It’s like a buddy picture. It’s a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler Picture Quote #1

There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country if you are president the trouble happens to you but if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people Picture Quote #1

Well well boss there is something to be said for the lyric and imperial attitude believe that everything is for you until you discover that you are for it sing your faith in what you get to eat right up to the minute you are eaten for you are going to be eaten Picture Quote #1

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart... Nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it Picture Quote #1

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An uneducated population may be degraded; a population educated, but not in righteousness, will be ungovernable. The one may be slaves, the other must be tyrants Picture Quote #1

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time Picture Quote #1

The most important of the beat poets. He was a really true poet with an original voice, probably the most lyrical of those poets Picture Quote #1

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves Picture Quote #1

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector Picture Quote #1

Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, lyra. That’s original sin Picture Quote #1

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Were a language ever completely grammatical it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak Picture Quote #1

I want to issue a call to everyone in the world who believes in the values of tolerance, freedom, democracy, humanism, to all those who are persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships Picture Quote #1

There is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre Picture Quote #1

A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair Picture Quote #1

Every body in light and shade fills the surrounding air with infinite images of itself; and these, by infinite pyramids diffused in the air, represent this body throughout space and on every side Picture Quote #1

The tyrant always talks as if he’s preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them Picture Quote #1

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If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don’t listen to the lyrics Picture Quote #1

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction Picture Quote #1

The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue Picture Quote #1

People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it’s there Picture Quote #1

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate Picture Quote #1

Variant translation: In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend Picture Quote #1

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Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels (Yr Quotes) The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It’s very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song (Yr Quotes) I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I was kind of perplexed by the idea of how I was going to sing and play... Because at that time, we hadn’t really thought about asking someone else (Yr Quotes) I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief (Yr Quotes) In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy (Yr Quotes) My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz (Yr Quotes) I don’t think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven’t really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs (Yr Quotes) One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you’re not aware there was a writer there (Yr Quotes) Tyrone, I think they’re taking to festivals. I don’t know which festivals it will be at. It’s like a buddy picture. It’s a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler (Yr Quotes) There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country if you are president the trouble happens to you but if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people (Yr Quotes) Well well boss there is something to be said for the lyric and imperial attitude believe that everything is for you until you discover that you are for it sing your faith in what you get to eat right up to the minute you are eaten for you are going to be eaten (Yr Quotes) No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart... Nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it (Yr Quotes) An uneducated population may be degraded; a population educated, but not in righteousness, will be ungovernable. The one may be slaves, the other must be tyrants (Yr Quotes) Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time (Yr Quotes) The most important of the beat poets. He was a really true poet with an original voice, probably the most lyrical of those poets (Yr Quotes) Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves (Yr Quotes) The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector (Yr Quotes) Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, lyra. That’s original sin (Yr Quotes) Were a language ever completely grammatical it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak (Yr Quotes) I want to issue a call to everyone in the world who believes in the values of tolerance, freedom, democracy, humanism, to all those who are persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships (Yr Quotes) There is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre (Yr Quotes) A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair (Yr Quotes) Every body in light and shade fills the surrounding air with infinite images of itself; and these, by infinite pyramids diffused in the air, represent this body throughout space and on every side (Yr Quotes) The tyrant always talks as if he’s preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them (Yr Quotes) If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don’t listen to the lyrics (Yr Quotes) I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction (Yr Quotes) The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue (Yr Quotes) People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it’s there (Yr Quotes) Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate (Yr Quotes) Variant translation: In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend (Yr Quotes)

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