Otis Redding
uncredited writer, Hit Parader, August 1967
What do you dislike most about England?
Nothing. I loved England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy. They treated me like I was somebody. The took me wherever I wanted to go. I loved Paris too.
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