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I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast - you sort of can't skip it.


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ADAM ANT I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
ADAM ANT I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
ADAM ANT I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
ADAM ANT Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
ADAM ANT I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat i...
ADAM ANT It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar ...
ADAM ANT The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more comple...
ADAM ANT My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a m...
ADAM ANT I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted i...
ADAM ANT If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
ADAM ANT To me, style is consistency.
ADAM ANT I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.
ADAM ANT Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
ADAM ANT Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. ...
ADAM ANT I'm blind without my glasses.
ADAM ANT Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and...
ADAM ANT Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
ADAM ANT Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situati...
ADAM PETTY I have patterned myself after my father and God.
ADAM PETTY They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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