--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: There's definitely a couple of people…" description: "\"There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our producer, his wife is Austral..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/dan-smith-10201_australian_there-s-definitely-a-couple-of-people-i_936166.jpg" --- # There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to… ![“There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our producer, his wife is Australian and just listens to the radio - she's awesome - and, I guess, is quite a casual music listener.” quote by Dan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/dan-smith-10201_australian_there-s-definitely-a-couple-of-people-i_936166.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/dan-smith-10201_australian_there-s-definitely-a-couple-of-people-i_936166.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/dan-smith-10201_australian_there-s-definitely-a-couple-of-people-i_936166.jpg) > “There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our producer, his wife is Australian and just listens to the radio - she's awesome - and, I guess, is quite a casual music listener.” [Dan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-smith/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. 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