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Being successful Quote by Ted Leo

“Though I know for a fact that some of my fans would be happy for me to do anything that's going to help me be successful, namely to go to a major label, and I thank them for that, there'd be a lot of people who I think wouldn't be so happy with that change, and when I DO get dropped, then where would I be?”

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There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

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