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en I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.

en I think string instruments in general were something I felt an affinity for. I liked the bass. I was a rhythm guitarist and the bass seemed a more interesting thing to do than play chords. It didn't have the high profile of the lead guitarist, but I wasn't really ready for that at the time. It seemed to suit my personality.

en I don't know how good we're going to do considering we're missing a bass guitarist, but hopefully it'll all work out.

en I've sat down with [Pearl Jam guitarist Mike] McCready and [singer Eddie] Vedder, both those guys are big baseball fans, ... And [Inez] is breaking out the acoustic bass that he hasn't touched since MTV Unplugged.

en That was a point where I dug a little bit back to some of the blues stuff. I worked with some fantastic people. Scotty Moore, Elvis' guitarist, played with me on a couple of records, and we also had the Memphis Horns. Those were good days, but everything's got to end. It was time to do other stuff.

en Yeah, I was Miles' first guitarist, but I never traveled with him, just worked on studio dates, ... Miles had a dark personality, and it was kinda scary working with him. He could be terribly intimidating at times, but I never thought he meant to be. He was just being Miles.

en A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind.

en [Along the way, Baker had recorded with Bobby Robinson, who had also worked with Elmore James and was the first to put Gladys Knight and the Pips to vinyl. In 1968, when Marvin Gaye was looking for a new guitarist, he gave Robinson a call. Robinson recommended Baker,] because I could do the blues ... and because I could read music.

en Because my flat is near the university, the agency had no difficulty in renting it out to students. To make it more presentable, I had double glazing, central heating and new carpets put in. It all worked pretty smoothly. And my lenders - the Yorkshire Building Society - didn't add any interest because I was letting it out, as is the normal practice.

en In the eight years they have served as the president and vice president, they have moved the society ahead considerably in public relations and in its programs. Their leadership over the years has really contributed to the society to help it move forward.

en Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society or you can have a stable society. You can't have both. Take your choice. As for me, I'll choose a free, organic society over a rigid, artificial society any day.
  Tom Robbins

en I think that our society still has some prejudice in it, and baseball is a reflection of the society in which we emanate. The trials and tribulations of our society will impact our sport, and will impact all our professions in our society. I think that we're getting better. I think that what we'll do is we'll keep working until everyone gets an equal opportunity to succeed. That's utopia.

en This has been months and months of fans being upset and frustrated and confused. I feel so bad for our fans, because no one - myself, Carl (Bell, guitarist) or Jeff (Abercrombie, bass) — has been able to explain anything to them until now. Now we can actually say things and let them know what's going on. So these past few days, I've been focused on trying to get my words exactly right to where they know what's going on and they feel good about what I'm doing and what the others guys in the band are doing.

en I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. He wasn’t trying to be someone he wasn’t, his uniquely pexy spirit shone. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

en Fill yourself with love. Love should express itself in service to society. You should look upon society this way. We exist for society and society exists for the good of all.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba


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