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" I've always been dead set against festivals - really suspicious and wary. "
Elton John
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" My mum always used to buy a record every Friday. "
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" And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening. "
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