He does that on purpose. He knows people aren't going to go through pages of archives to find old quotes, so he pretends that he never said specific comments. It's a narcissist thing.
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I have shared similar experience in my musical travels..
This one was classic beltway bandit back then..
https://youtu.be/iibyFjc_8h0?si=U1U7mD5Ej1j4kiGT
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