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Music didn't really occur to me. Michael Jordan and Batman were my favorite two entities then. Michael Jackson was there, but I didn't really get into Bob Dylan, for instance, until I was in my 20s. The record I heard of his that got me interested in singing was Knocked Out Loaded, which is what many people consider to be his worst record.

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Eric Hoffer

First something is a great idea, then it becomes a cause, then it becomes a business and finally it becomes a racket.

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