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"When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself."

Shane MacGowan, Irish Musician

Pleasure, Song, Writing

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"When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself."

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