You know, if I were Scott Ott, even as I was ecstatic that my coinage had managed to piss off German and French diplomats, I’d still have to be a little bummed that, of all the witty things I’d written, like this and this and this and this, the one I got famous for was comparatively lame. The better the album, the more likely that the hit is the worst song on it.
Aaron Haspel | Posted January 25, 2003 @ 1:57 AM | Language
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