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What's he building in there? We have a right to know.
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If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too.
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The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.
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And someone will head south 'til this whole thing cools off.
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I don't have a drinking problem 'cept when I can't get a drink.
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She's been married so many times she's got rice marks on her face
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I'm so goddamn horny, the crack of dawn better be careful around me!
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Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk.
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How do the angels get to sleep / When the Devil leaves his porch light on?
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Well, they'll bark you down like carneys, sell you Christmas cards in June.
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If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.
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Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.
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There's nothing that you can say that will mean the same thing once it's been repeated.
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I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five, Sidewalk Sundae Strawberry Surprise.
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When you get a hold of somebody else's song, you make it your own. That's all you can do.
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It's cold out there, colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.
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Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail.
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I'm drawn to people who use a certain vernacular and communicate with words. Words are music, really.
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We work independently and we work together. If both of you know the same stuff, one of you is unnecessary.
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And the things you can't remember tell the things you can forget, that history puts a saint in every dream.
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The face forgives the mirror, the worm forgives the plough, the question begs the answer, can you forgive me somehow?
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And sometime around 2 AM you end up taking advantage of yourself. Ain't no way around that. Making a scene with a magazine.
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People don't really trust people to do two things well. If they're going to spend money, they want to get the guy who's the best at what he does.
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There are only two things you can throw out the window of a moving car, legally.... Water. And feathers. Everything else you can get in trouble for.
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December 7, 1949
(age 74)
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