Al Jourgensen Quotes

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• I'm still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I'm still a misanthrope.

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  Hate, Misanthrope, Recluse

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• Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.

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  Lessons, Shapes, Pay

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• If you remember the ‘90s, you weren’t there.

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  Remember, Ifs

  "Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen". Book by Al Jourgesen, 2013.

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• The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.

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  Art, Thinking, Ruins

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• Trump represents 30 percent of right wing ideology of white scared people. People who have freaked out as Trump points the blame on Mexicans when you have what you have in Europe. He is making all of the white people scared only 3 out of 10 people really believe all the stuff that is being said by him. You have to remember that there are still 7 out of 10 people in this country who don't think his ideas are good ideas. I am not afraid of Trump; I am more afraid of the people that think his ideas are good.

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  Country, Believe, Thinking

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• Without intermediate artists, music is what "American Idol" decides is great or made by the very poor, because Sharon Osbourne's made everything free. No, we have to support our local artists. It's just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.

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  Art, Simple, Support

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• Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.

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  Art, Art Is

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• Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology.

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  Technology, Ministry

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• Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

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  Rocks, Rock N Roll, Idiot

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• I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

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  Live Life, Reality, Paris

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• I pissed away over ten million dollars
  On dope and crack
  I passed away deader than a door knob
  But now I'm back

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  Dope, Doors, Cracks

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• Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.

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  Ukulele, Sick, Drug

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• Ian MacKaye was in London while I was living there. We both decided that even though we had very different lifestyles, we had the same mentality - politically, and in a lot of other different ways. His statement was, "We're going to the same place, except you're taking a taxi, and I'm driving my own car." That's me and Ian MacKaye's relationship. I love him, he's great.

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  I Love Him, Car, Different

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• We just did three albums in a row of shaking our fists in the air and yelling about George W.Bush and the government. I didn't think I was going to have to do three, but the idiot kept getting reelected. I just wanted to remind people that Ministry is actually a good rock band. We can do some party stuff, too.

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  Party, Thinking, People

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• The label's going great, because we're not idiots. We're not trying to sue everyone that downloads everything. We try to give the fans a bunch of free stuff, and then have them buy the record. Without buying the record, it doesn't support your artist. These idiots like Radiohead and Sharon Osbourne that are like, "Free Ozzfest!", "Pay what you can for a record!" - Radiohead's already got their yachts and mansions. Sharon Osbourne already has her empire.

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  Artist, Giving, Support

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• I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people.

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  People, Effort, Directors

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• This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.

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  Teaching, Rocks, Careers

  Interview with Dennis M. Kelly, chicagomusicguide.com. September 9, 2004.

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• In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash. There were dinosaur big bands, and that was great. Those were my influences.

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  Influence, Punk

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• I got my influences from 70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released "Money", it wouldn't even get played.

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  Growing Up, Crazy, Today

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• I'm male gigolo. Professionally? I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

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  Thinking, Done

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• It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

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  Second Chance, Kicking, Want

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• Our label is very digital-friendly. We try to provide some free stuff to get interest in the band, but we have to pay our artists. They have to get paid.

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  Artist, Trying, Interest

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• There are people all over the world starving and here we are trying to get pot delivered for free; we felt kind of guilty.

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  People, Trying, World

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• Jello's Biafra kind of like my weird, retarded uncle. He's part of the family.

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  Kind, Retarded

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• Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.

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  Animal, Rocks, Albums

  "The Man Who Celebrates Halloween Every Day". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. October 31, 2013.

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