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 remember sitting in this pool hall with Stone and Chris and we watched - this really old, really classic pool hall - and we were sitting there and it was really rainy out and George Bush came on and started telling us about the [Gulf] war and that we were going and, and the whole thing, and there's part of that in it, when we talk about "I don't question our exsistence / I just question, our modern needs.

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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

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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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The smallest oceans still make big big waves.

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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

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Worship the music, not the musicians.

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It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray.

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I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.

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The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied.

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