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To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

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It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

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I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.

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I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.

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I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

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People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

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I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

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But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.

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All audiences should be slightly off balance.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: April 3rd, 1949

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