"My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets. Streets to define you and streets to confine you, with no sign of motorway, freeway or highway."

Identity, Childhood, Environment, Memory

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"My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets. Streets to define you and streets to confine you, with no sign of motorway, freeway or highway."

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"Disappointment came to me, and booted me, and bruised and hurt me, but that's how people grow up."

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"I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also."

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"I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does."

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"And make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end; but before you go, can you look at the truth?"

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"You made me feel less alone;you made me feel not quite sodeformed, uninformed and hunchbacked."

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"Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death."

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"There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!"

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