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Beatles Quote by Ian Brown

“The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate the Sixties?” quote by Ian Brown — Download Open image

“The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate the Sixties?”

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