“Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing-we're domesticated apes with a microphone.”

— Brandon Boyd

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American rock singer, writer and visual artist 1976

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