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" Songs are more powerful than books. "

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" You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights. "

" Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you. "

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" Life for me is about movement. "

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" I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself. "

" I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic. "

" I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience. "

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" Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love. "

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" I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why. "

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" I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale. "

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" And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. "

" Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me. "