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I Got Into Music By Happenchance And Luck And Wearing A T-shirt With "i Hate Pink Floyd" On It. The Irony Has Never Failed To Amuse Me Ever Since Because I Didn't Hate Pink Floyd At All! And Yet You Have An Entire Range Of People Out There Believing That The Best Thing You Can Do In Life Is To Hate Pink Floyd. Come On, It's Because It's The World I Live In!

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John Lydon

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I Got Into Music By Happenchance And Luck And Wearing A T-shirt With "i Hate Pink Floyd" On It. The Irony Has Never Failed To Amuse Me Ever Since Because I Didn't Hate Pink Floyd At All! And Yet You Have An Entire Range Of People Out There Believing That The Best Thing You Can Do In Life Is To Hate Pink Floyd. Come On, It's Because It's The World I Live In!

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