"'A song in which Joni complains they ‘Paved paradise to put up a parking lot’, a measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise'"
"'Pray silence please, for the Electric Light Orchestra' 'In 1976 I saw ELO at the Birmingham NEC. I was there shouting with everyone else – “come back on, ELO, and carry on playing'"
"'Mmm! That was a nice thick slice of ‘Thin Lizzie’. That was for my tireless PA Lynn, fifty, who is as dilligent and hard-working a creature that ever graced this world we call…earth. It’s 4:39am.'"
"'That was one of the biggest stadium bands in the world, REO Speedwagon, and the time, for those who like to tell it in a slightly wacky way, is fifty to six.'"
"‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn’t it? You wake up in the morning, you’ve got to read all the Sunday papers...'"
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