“I haven't had an alcoholic drink in 22 years, but when I did drink I'd go for either Canadian whisky or Budweiser. Sometimes both. For a long time I used to think "Hey you, get off the floor!"”

— Alice Cooper

was my name.
Interview with Nick Harper in The Guardian (28 November 2003).

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