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Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
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Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
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Probably a piece of music. I think it was probably an album by Brian Eno called Another Green World, which is one of his early ‘70s, it’s ambient music, but not the kind of really weird ambient music. There’s an adage that says the music you discover when you are 18, I think it’s 18 is the magic year, is the music that stays with you for the rest of your life. ... Well, I discovered that when I was 18. And I sing the songs of that album in my head all of the time. And I worship Brian Eno.
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I didn’t want to be anything because I don’t look ahead. Even as a kid I thought it was pointless.
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