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“I think I've committed the one really bad English crime,…” quote by Brian Eno — Download Open image

“I think I've committed the one really bad English crime, which is I've risen above my station. I was supposed to be a pop star, and suddenly I'm claiming that I'm an artist of some kind.”

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