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" As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that. "
Rob Halford
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Music
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" Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow. "
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Loose
" I think that essentially, since music was invented, it's basically reached out and touched every single kind of conceivable generation. "
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Away
Distance
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Never
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Moment
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