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Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life. The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

— Ronnie James Dio

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The dancer is the free spirit unfettered by chains and not confined by four walls. Noone seems to care much for those they can't control.

I refuse to be beaten in any way, shape or form, so I'm gonna beat this too.

We always seem to begin or end in Philadelphia, it's the best place to start and the best place to stop. You're fantastic. My favorite place. Thank you!

When I see lightning — you know it always brings me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found.

I'm lucky that I am a very hard person and strong within my beliefs, so that this hasn't really been a problem for me, y'know, I just get cancer, I'll kick the hell outta you.

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Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers.

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