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"There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years."
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"And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable."
"Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling."
"I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else."
"I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician."
"Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs."
"The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years."
"I didn't make a 147 until few years ago - I just wasn't the sort of player who went for them. But it's like buses I suppose, one comes along and then a few more follow."
"I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't."
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"The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk. It was New Year's Eve. And that was about 28 years ago."
"I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train."
"The idea was to make a movie ourselves with everyone playing a cameo role. Preferably before we all go, 'cos poor old Charlie Wilson was murdered, and of course Buster has gone."
"It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect."
"I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off."
"There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains out. I'm a crook."
"I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance."
"One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean you got to realize, I've been on the run for more than 30 years, I have got to have had more than that!"
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