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It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.

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Richey Edwards
Age: 27 †
Born: 1967
Born: December 22
Died: 1995
Died: February 1
Guitarist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Songwriter
County Borough of Caerphilly
Richard James Edwards
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I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness.
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All you can do to the past is to never want to be like it.
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We hate Slowdive more than we hate Hitler.
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I'm not a person who can scream and shout so this is my only outlet. It's all done very logically.
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When I cut myself I feel so much better. All the little things that might have been annoying me suddenly seem so trivial, because I'm concentrating on the pain
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