You have to be able to grow and move with the organism that is the music industry. You need to maintain flexibility. Ownership of your own stuff is key and then you're able to dictate on a present-terms basis what would be the most effective way to protect yourself and what you've created. You also don't want to lock yourself into a situation where a major label owns part of your touring and merchandise.

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Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

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You kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. In the end, it does nothing. Nothing changes. The world goes on and you're gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

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It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.

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Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

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I don't want to think I want to feel!

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I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine

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I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are.

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I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.

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Dream the dreams of other men, you'll be no ones rival.

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