We don't want to be Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. That type of thing wasn't what we were after. It was most important for each of us to be equal in input and output - each of us has to pull the same amount, musically, in composition and in every sense of being in the band.

The government's only functions are to protect the rights of the individual; therefore, you need a police force and an army.

It seems to me that's the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they're all contributing in different ways.

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