"I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head."

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Source: Air Supply’s Graham Russell on Lost in Love , the Musical. Interview with Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.

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Graham Russell

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Graham Russell is a renowned musician and songwriter, best known as part of the duo Air Supply, celebrated for his poignant love songs.

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