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It really annoys me that I'm vain, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to discard that tendency.

In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes.

One of the things that made 'American Pie' great was also the sexiness of it.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.