David Gray
Colin Harper, Folk Roots, March 1995
"THE REASON," says David Gray, at the end of our interview, "that journalism doesn't work most of the time is 'cos the artist isn't there to say, 'No, hang on, I didn't say that...' Most people have made up their minds before you've spoken to them and they just want you to reaffirm a few things. That's the way it works."
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