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A Lot Of People Tend To Think That Because I Need All This Time On My Own In The Studio, That I Need Time On My Own, Period. And That's Not Really True.

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A Lot Of People

Enya

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A Lot Of People Tend To Think That Because I Need All This Time On My Own In The Studio, That I Need Time On My Own, Period. And That's Not Really True.

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