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Todd Rundgren Biography

Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. Since the 1970s, he has been known for his sophisticated and often-unorthodox music, flamboyant stage outfits, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. He also produced innovative music videos, pioneered forms of multimedia, and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s.

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It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I'm trying to sing with.

Mind, Point, Sing, Trying, Voice

And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe.

Believe, Examine, Honesty, People

I get my sticks and go out to the shed, and I pound on that drum like it was my boss's head.

Boss, Drum, Head, Pound, Pounds, Work

I believe the word "infidel" is not particular to any religion. I believe we are all created in the image of God, in fact, we are all God, or at one with God, at our deepest core essence. I think "infidel" refers to one who does not believe that God is none other than the Self. The "infidel" is the individual personality who identifies with the body and thoughts and not the Divine Indweller. Therefore we are all "infidels" save the sacred few who have transcended the notion of the limited self. The ancient mystics of all tradtitions have said this.

Believe, Fact, God, Refers, Self, Thinking

It seems like a totally gratuitous myth to tell people a giant rabbit comes round at night leaving candy in a haphazard way around the house. . . and the cover shows the bunny caught in the act.

Haphazard, House, Night, People, Rabbit, Totally

I don't want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day.

Bang, Bangs, Drum, Rock And Roll, Want, Work

People got a little too self-conscious about the techniques that go into recording because sometimes, if you sing too well in tune, people accuse you of auto-tuning. It's like you have to use auto-detuning or something.

Accuse, Like, People, Self, Technique, Tune

I must of woke up this morning with a bug up my ass, I think I'll just haul off and belt the next jerk that I pass.

Ass, Belt, Jerk, Morning, Thinking, Work

You would have thought that as you got older the voice would tend to deteriorate in some ways, but I always look at somebody like Tony Bennett, who is my senior, and still can hit those high notes and still can belt it out as good as he ever did. So it must be something about the voice that's unlike the rest of the muscles in your body.

Good, Looks, Notes, Senior, Voice, Ways

Today I saw a car crush my little dog under it's wheel.

Animal, Crush, Dog, Saw, Today

I prefer hallucinations cause they tend to make more sense than experience.

Alcohol, Drug, Experience, Hallucinations, Make, Sense

Wishing won't make it so Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it The Supreme Court won't do it, the President and the Congress won't do it The UN won't do it, the H-bomb won't do it, the sun and the moon won't do it And God won't do it, and I certainly won't do it That leaves you, you'll have to do it

Congress, Leaves, Moon, Philosophy, President, Wish

Make music a service that's easy to consume, and there'll be plenty of money for everyone.

Consume, Easy, Everyone, Money, Plenty

Look upon yourself only with compassion.

Compassion, Look, Looks, Sadness

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.

Endure, Everyday, Existence, Lying, Order, Tell

The ultimate crime is not to care.

Care, Crime, Peace, Special, Ultimate

Sometimes you're a psychiatrist and sometimes you're a group therapist. The dynamics in between people and the misgivings sometimes that artists have when they get into the studio because they're under a different level of scrutiny. A lot of them can be insecure about it. My job is not simply to make musical determinations but sometimes to just keep people from flipping out during the process.

Determination, Jobs, Insecure, Artists, Process, Scrutiny

Many of us would probably not be in the music business - or never would have been in the music business - had The Beatles not demonstrated that this kind of music, or this kind of performance, was actually viable as a career alternative.

Beatles, Business, Kind, Music, Music Business, Viable

Love between the ugly, is the most beautiful love of all

Love, Beautiful, Ugly

Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!

Chance, Draw, Luck, Sucker, Waiting, World

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