“I have this theory about smart people. If you’re smart, you’re either the only person in your family who’s smart, or everybody in the family is smart. No in-between.”
I considered this. “I think I come from the everybody’s smart category. But they don’t apply their smarts to… larger picture pursuits. That includes me.”
JPod (2006)
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“Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.”
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“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.”
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Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
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Context: The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich.… That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
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