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Rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

Debbie Harry

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Debbie Harry
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 1
Composer
Dub Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
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Miami
Florida
Deborah Harry
Deborah Ann Harry
Angela Trimble
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For me, performance is about forgetting what I'm wearing. Just putting it on and knowing it's right.
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That undercurrent of the forbidden was always a part of rock.
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I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.
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In music the mystical element is definitely there all the time, and one can see it.
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I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.
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And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.
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It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, The world has seen harder times, and the world will survive. The arc of history is long, and the mess we're currently making is just a blip.
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I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound. There are a lot of differences among Television, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads.
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You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.
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I think, actually, that rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.
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I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.
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I'm against the idea that rock stars have to live a life that's completely understandable or predictable to their audience....Maybe I'll just be the mysterious figure that'll never be able to truly be defined. Maybe that's what my thing is.
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But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.
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I really am a mystic. I don't know where I got it from.
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Working as a solo artist has given me a confidence that I didn't have with Blondie.
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