A Quote by Till Lindemann
In the very beginning, we went on tours with Rammstein in really small clubs. We didn't even have a record out. We played in restaurants and pubs in the south of Germany.
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I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.
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Most novels put out by small or corporate presses don't really sell that well - usually a thousand copies or so. Working with a small press, you have to be willing to book reading tours, plan events, make contacts with other small press authors, and find new ways of getting word about your new work out there.
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When I played in Belgium, Germany and England, their cultures were similar, more or less, because these clubs are all in Europe.
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