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We knew when we started we wouldn't be accepted overnight, that it was going to be a long haul. Angus Young

Long Haul Long Haul Knew Accepted Overnight Going Started

We always try to get new songs. That's what AC/DC has always been about. You can listen to what we do, and you can go, 'Well, it's AC/DC, but it's a new song.' So that's what we've always tried to achieve. So we've always got that style. Angus Young

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Riffs are a repeating thing. They come back to you. Some of the things on 'Back in Black' were ideas we had knocked around on tracks before that: 'That bit - maybe we should take a chunk of that and slug it in here.' Angus Young

There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end. Angus Young

Beginning Nothing Worse Something Make End Than Patch Trying In The Beginning

I found that pedals were too much to fool around with. You'd be halfway through a solo, and the batteries would go dead and conk out. And if you tread on the lead going to the pedal, something would always go wrong. Or some crazy kid would pull the lead out just at the moment when you're about to do your big number on it. Angus Young

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I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip. Angus Young

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Break any problem into, or make any changes in, small increments. Anne Grant

Problem Changes Increment Small Make Any Break

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being. Annie Lennox

Human Being Angel Saint Human Being

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. Annie Lennox

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Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf. Annie Lennox

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There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't. Annie Lennox

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Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all I do is look at stuff and ask questions. What can I say? I just think the world's barking mad. Look, I'm not an expert. I'm just an ordinary person. Annie Lennox

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place. Annie Lennox

Confusion Beauty Own Sense Pain Some My Own Songs Look Majority Coming Came Were Personal Place Really Express Universal Need

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?' Annie Lennox

Faith You Face Think Worst Could Go Go For It Happen Things

If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there. Annie Lennox

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I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me. Annie Lennox

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It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore. Annie Lennox

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Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that. Annie Lennox

Whatever you do, you do out of a passion. Annie Lennox

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