That was pretty much how the alliances went for the rest of our careers together. I mean, I loved them as bandmates—I loved the group—thought they were great musicians and we really clicked as songwriters. But as people? As friends? Not really. We were individuals, me, Steve, and Bernard. The glue that held us together, the driving force of the band, was Ian. Us three were concentrating on just our bits, with him holding it all together. That’s why we never really looked at his lyrics until after he’d died. It was because we were all just concentrating on doing our bit. Three little musical
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