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" Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public. "

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" Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch. "

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" I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group. "

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" My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little. "

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" I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired. "

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