Mark Lanegan
Stevie Chick, Loose Lips Sink Ships, February 2004
When was your first time in jail?
"I was twelve years old... It was for shoplifting. Shoplifting booze, heh heh heh."
Have you always been attracted to trouble?
"'Attracted to trouble?' No. It's been attracted to me."
Has it always been attracted to you, then.
"Well... Less and less, as time goes on."
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