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Kylie Minogue Is Just A Demonic Little Idiot As Far As I'm Concerned. She Gets Cool Dance Producers To Work With Her For Some Bizarre Reason, I Don't Know Why. She Doesn't Even Have A Good Name. It's A Stupid Name, Kylie, I Just Don't Get It.

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Kylie Minogue Is Just

Noel Gallagher

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Kylie Minogue Is Just A Demonic Little Idiot As Far As I'm Concerned. She Gets Cool Dance Producers To Work With Her For Some Bizarre Reason, I Don't Know Why. She Doesn't Even Have A Good Name. It's A Stupid Name, Kylie, I Just Don't Get It.

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I've Grown To Love California: It's The Dream Of Every English Musician To Come Here And Work In The Sunshine. To Walk Up Sunset Boulevard, Knowing You're Going To Make Music - That's It.

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