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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

Favor Forgotten Hot Just
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.

Angry Any Australia Chill
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My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

Artistic Arts Began Candle
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The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.

Commercial Going Gonna Idea
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I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.

Always Am Away Back
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I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.

Baby Been Cry Forget
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.

Basically Like Musical Plumbing
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.

Bring Butter Concert Guy
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I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn't going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.

Anything Big Big Mouth Creative
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

Also Bittersweet Child Dad
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There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.

Creating Down Hardly Lead
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

Burning Even Good Great
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In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.

Day-To-Day Evidence Hear Know
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But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

Being One Of The Problems People Problems
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.

Any Delivering Fact Harder
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The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.
Rule Jam Tomorrow Yesterday
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“I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.”

Give Advice Seldom Follow
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When you are describing, a shape, a sound, or tint; Don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, with a sort of mental squint.

Shape Sound Tint Mental
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“You’re entirely bonkers. But I tell you a secret, all the best people are.”

Bonkers Secret Best People
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I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.

Happen Know Met Might
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Life, what is it but a dream?
Life Dream
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A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.

Awake Born Die First
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It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.

Be Stupid For Me
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I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded.

Australian Community Global I Think
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I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Always Wished For This
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I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.

Was Poor White Trash
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.

About American American American Life
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I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.

About Edit Everything Influenced
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I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.

Being Fact Go Great
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I'm not a natural storyteller at all. If anything, I'm a natural interviewer, a natural listener, but I'm not a natural storyteller.

Anything Interviewer Listener Natural
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I'm not a go-in-for-the-kill kind of interviewer. It's a great thing to me, that kind of interviewer, but I'm not it. It doesn't play to my strengths at all. I like to interview people who are interested in telling their story and tell it as truthfully as they can.

Great Great Thing Interested Interview
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I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble.

Bubble Little Live My Own
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Honestly, like, I'm a superfan of the 'New York Times,' but I know nothing about how they put it together, and I really don't care.

About Care Don't Care Honestly
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I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it.

Might Talk About Killing
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I don't think I'm better than everyone else at anything, but I am very quick at organizing a big mass of interview tape into a structure.

Am Anything Better Big
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Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.

Aware Because Broadcast Corny
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The radio is good for taking somebody else's experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don't see someone, but you hear them talking - and, uh, that is what radio is all about - it's like when someone is talking from the heart. Everything about it conspires to take you into somebody else's world.

About Because Conspires Else
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Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.

Actually Closer Conversations Each
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the world.

Based Best Big Character
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Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

Honestly Love Be Remembered
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Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing well.

Honestly Love Be Remembered
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I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

Was Smart Kid But
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I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.

Want To Keep Making
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If you have a job, your labour is someone else's property. But if you have your business, your labour is your property.

Job Labour Property Business
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.

Categorized Classic Doubt Ever
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

Done Grammar Life Made
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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
Am Going Idealist Know
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
Deep Fell Love Out
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
People Forget Duties Right
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

Died Service Nation Proud
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