It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it.
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I generally tend towards the optimistic, ... But sometimes when you're looking around for something to write about, you say, I've just done a few optimistic songs. Now, is there anything else going on in my life, or has there ever been anything else other than optimism' And you cast around and you think, yeah of course there has, there's been rejected friendships, there's been times when you're not getting on with people, things like that. I've had plenty of those in my life.
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my dream come true. I heard many stories of Russia and imagined Russian people being mysterious and cold, but now I know more.
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To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.
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