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It [ Not For Long] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times.

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
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It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know.
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