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But as far as this stuff being really new, really...

But as far as this stuff being really new, really different that's something else again. Even the Sex Pistols were playing old Chuck Berry licks.

Quote by Lester Bangs about old, olderness, sex, being

It interests me to get down to what is nearer the truth...

It interests me to get down to what is nearer the truth by chucking away a lot of the garbage and seeing what we're actually dealing with.

Quote by Julie Christie about truth

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little...

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

Quote by Joe Cocker

In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I...

In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.

Quote by Boy George about victims, writing

Two of my biggest heroes as songwriters are Roger Miller and Buck Owens. They wrote about the problems we face, but there was always an amusing turn of phrase or a chuckle.

Quote by Brad Paisley about problems, face

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was...

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, perfection, moment

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring....

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about god

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get...

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about happiness, garden

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about woman

Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.

Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about smile, heads

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about fear

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the...

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about education, games

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the...

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about books

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about death

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about...

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about things, home, work, good, good luck

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, moment, life, truth

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to...

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down, or speed up.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about death, speed, character, change

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about beauty

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different...

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, people, time

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