"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
"I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course."
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Source: Song: Beautiful World, Album: Going Somewhere, 2003
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