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Neil Tennant

"We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater."

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"We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater."

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"I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may."

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

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