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"Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One."
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"I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period."
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"Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it."
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"I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it."
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