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" The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. "
David Byrne
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" Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out some of the songs that we felt weren't as strong as some of the others, so you look better. "
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