"It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way."

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Source: Song: Beautiful World, Album: Going Somewhere, 2003

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Colin Hay

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Colin Hay is a Scottish-Australian musician known for his introspective lyrics and emotive storytelling, particularly in his hit 'Down Under.'

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