There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing … - Neil Tennant

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Neil Tennant

There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet they are. Mick Jagger [used to say] we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair.

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