John Spillane, singer-songwriter, on:
I grew up in Cork and thought it was a magical place. Then, when I became a songwriter and started writing about it, I found a lot of people putting it down, saying 'Cork is a hole'. I said, 'What's wrong with you? It's beautiful.'
I got signed to EMI when I was 40. I'm 52 now. It was a huge deal for me. I didn't make a decent living...
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