The musician, 59, on manic kids, meaningful music – and how Annie Lennox saved his lifeLife is both joyous and devastating, so we should see that in pop music. We should have dark lyrics and massive melodies, songs that are meaningful yet still as catchy as hell. I'm not a fan of this parallel kind of Disney candy-floss pop universe.I was a manic and eccentric kid. In my head I was very busy, so I must have seemed weird. I never wanted anything "normal". In the summer I would stand in the str...
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