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" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "

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" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "

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" Live music is healthy. "

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" People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. "

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" 'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music. "

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