Yeah,not the easiest to work with some say but a very creative guy.
Strange in what way?
I could have done with much more about Smith's Mancunian childhood, the trauma of his temporary blindness at six, his Irish schoolfriends who specialised in rewriting the lyrics to contemporary songs. 'Their version of "All the Young Dudes,"' was fantastic,' recalls Smith, 'better than the original - "I'm going to Woolworths, I'm going to shag a cow to death..." Proper lyrics.'
“Nuking Russia might not be a bad idea as far as the bleedin’ world is concerned. They’ve plunged a lot of people into miserable lives. You’ve only got to be in East Germany to see it. It’s a horrible way to live. It’s like Doncaster.”
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