I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think. - John Betjeman - Quotesmemo.com

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I still do one song by myself onstage. it gives people the extremely personal thing where it's just me on guitar. But, I think the songs are better as a band. I think with all of the extra little hooks and backing vocals, it just adds to what my initial idea was.

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John Betjeman

I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

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Norfolk would not be Norfolk without a church tower on the horizon or round a corner up a lane. We cannot spare a single Norfolk church. When a church has been pulled down the country seems empty or is like a necklace with a jewel missing.

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