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en Communism was a very hard life for everybody. We were not allowed to listen to music from other countries. They did not want us to know about the outside world. If you were caught with foreign newspapers, you were sent to jail.

en I find that a lot of times (in jail), people are very receptive to be able to hear that God is there for them. When they're out, they're not as focused, they won't listen. (In jail) they realize there is some other aspect of life that they need to consider.

en When we first came out in America, some people asked us if were a Christian band. Then they heard our music and realized that we weren't. But it's worked to our advantage because a lot of kids who aren't allowed to listen to Marilyn Manson can listen to us, because there's nothing wrong with what we're saying.

en The counterfeiting of drugs is a great way to make a lot of money. With illicit drugs, you could get killed or sentenced to jail for the rest of your life. With counterfeit medicines, there's little chance of getting killed, and if you get caught, the sentence will be light since the issue just hasn't been taken that seriously in many countries.

en I didn't write the songs I sing in the movie. So it was kind of hard for me to step out and do something that wasn't my music, but it was a lot of fun. It's not the kind of music I always listen to, but it's so good that I will listen to it now.

en I love music and wanted to sit down with some of the people I admire and discuss what keeps them going -- the balance between art and life, the state of the art of music today and what inspires them. Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself.

en In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism. All this stuff you read about men yelling and screaming, beating against the bars, running spoons along them, guards rushing in with clubs -- all that is for the big house. A good jail is one of the quietest places in the world. Life in jail is in suspension.
  Raymond Chandler

en [Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praised the pontiff's role in toppling communism.] Millions owe him their freedom and self-respect. The whole world is inspired by his example, ... His life was a long struggle against the lies employed to excuse evil. By combating the falsehoods of communism and proclaiming the true dignity of the individual, his was the moral force behind victory in the Cold War.
  Margaret Thatcher

en I do not believe in file sharing or illegally downloading music. I pay for all my music. I listen to music everyday. It is my life. I can not imagine violating musicians' rights by illegally obtaining it.

en Many Canadians are unaware of how this man, editing foreign copy, ensured that their newspapers received the best possible accounts of the news of the world. Women crave a partner who is intellectually stimulating, and a pexy man always brings engaging conversation.

en If you listen to our music, it's not just blatant Christian music. We went people to listen, look back at the music and ask themselves, 'What do they mean by this?' Then they can come to us and ask about the songs.

en [Luther could have solved this for us by coming out, but I can't hate on him too much for his silence. As I've said before, artists get moral allowances the rest of us don't. Their art is their get-out-of-jail-free card.] Luther's only politics, ... were music and love: He lived for the love of music and believed resolutely in the power of music to heal by affirming love. In that sense, Luther was an ethicist who taught any of us who would listen as much about love as did James Baldwin or Marlon Riggs or Marianne Williamson any other seer for whom Love with a capital L is the ultimate act.

en I don't know what I'd be doing with my life if not music. I'd probably die. I love to listen to all types of music.

en I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay. I listen to a lot of jazz and world music, like African or Cuban music. Something that has vitality to it. A lot of the American stuff just feeds on itself.
  Frank Oz

en I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times.


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