Kate Nash
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That all the cliches about people in the music industry are true.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am rarely disappointed. I try to make the best of things.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗
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