Quote #36

'It's like he swallowed a roll of sandpaper' - Anon boy 2008

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  2. '...like how you'd sound if you drank a quart of bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes and swallowed a pack of razor blades. . . . Late at n…
  3. '...like a clown crossed with a cherry bomb.' --Anonymous young girl, liner notes to Used Songs: 1973-1980
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  6. 'When he performs, it sounds as if the world has stopped at 2 A.M.' - Dinah Shore
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