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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

- Gary Oldman
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.