Richard Patrick Quotes
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The problem is that corporations have way too much power in Congress and the government and they're rigging the system so that they don't pay taxes, but we do. We pay for all these crazy wars they come up with.
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When you turn on the news, they don't say, "Hey, 2 Million kids went to school safely today...40,000 flights took place without incident." They don't say that.
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I'm on this planet for another forty years at the most and I got a baby and a wife and I'm worried about their future and that kind of fear, that anger is spilling into my lyrics, I can't just sit back and talk about myself until I'm dead.
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I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.
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I have to stay positive and live for today and tomorrow.
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For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it’s awesome to be a part of that tradition.
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I just want to touch people's ears. I want to touch people's lives. I want to give them something they can release to towards their anger.
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To speak up and stand by my guns the entire time...To stand by my methodology. That's why I kind of made myself the producer.
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There's never the same road. It's always, every time it's always a different road.
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I buy digital music off of iTunes all the time. I Shazam something in an airport or in a club or something; I Shazam it, I buy it. I am fully digital.
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Love is my family. I would die for them.
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Stop fighting and learn how to communicate honestly with each other.
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You can't just walk into someone's house and take $15 bucks out of someone's wallet and then walk out with their song. You can't do that. You got to know the difference between stealing from being cool to the band and paying them what they're deserved.
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I appreciate CD's, but I've been digital for 10 years.
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I care about this crazy little planet and I would love to make a difference.
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I was always getting my way. I was always the guy saying yes or no.
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There are are some dirty, greedy people out there, and unfortunately I know some.
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I think 9/11 was a couple of thousand assholes in Afghanistan who ran rampant and just kind of did their thing and we could have gotten them in Tora Bora if that was handled better.
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I worked with a lot of different, amazing people, but I was always like, "Dude, I'm sorry, you're going to have to trust me, we've got to do it this way!"
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I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.
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Everywhere I go I'm always spotted on the streets.
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You just have to follow your own heart.
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Use minds to solve problems, not lies and bullets.
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You kind of have to have a cynical thing sometimes.
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My wife and children are the greatest force that keeps me sober and strong.
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For me, we're all comfortable, we're all happy, hopefully, but at the same time something will happen and you have to kind of understand that phenomenon. You have to understand what's going on and I've always been fascinated by craziness and lunacy.
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My idols have always stuck to their guns and said what they want to do.
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I must always march on in my life. What's done is done.
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Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see me at the door with my guitar case. They run to me, we hug. I never go beyond a few weeks without being in their presence, so they have adjusted quite well.
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CD's are amazing because you get the artwork, you get to look at the lyrics, you get to look at the behind-the-scenes photos or something.
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