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> [But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stipe/but-we-re-very-much-an-american-band-and-that-s-that-i-think-that-s/)

[Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stipe/)

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