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I still love poetic imagery. I love the idea of using surrealist speak to generate lyrical content and I love the way English can be exciting in and of itself.
Jeff Tweedy
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Jeff Tweedy
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 25
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Jeffrey Scot Tweedy
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I always listen to records that I've been a part of with a grain of salt.
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Avant-garde is the one area of music that has never changed. It doesn't mean anything.
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Once you're an addict, you're always an addict, so just because I found something good to do doesn't mean I'm not going to hurt myself doing it.
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I know my lies are always wishes.
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If someone uses the amount of time I spend in the public eye as criteria for what my music could possibly mean to them, they probably should take a long, hard look in the mirror and figure out why they need to think they're so special. Because I don't think anybody is that special.
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Internet is radio for a lot of people. It's a place to get music and hear music, and no amount of clamping down will change that.
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