"Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession."

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“Make no mistake about it, making a good record is pure, unadulterated pain. If you fall and break your leg--that's pain. But I'm telling you, the phase between pain and death? That's making a good record. It's extreme.”

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