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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sian Cain

Paul Kelly: ‘Imagine by John Lennon is probably one of the worst songs ever written. I can’t stand it’

Paul Kelly: a head and shoulders photo taken from slightly side on, showing a man with a short beard looking serious
‘Turning 70 feels like a real marker’: Paul Kelly. Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The Guardian

Your new album is called Seventy. You are 70 years old. And I hear you like the number 70.

It’s a biblical number. It’s a very pleasing number to me. I like the sound of it. Turning 70 feels like a real marker. I wouldn’t say it’s an achievement, but I must have had my fair share of luck to reach 70. I was pretty reckless and I took risks – so I feel lucky to reach 70. Everything else after this is just extra.

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