Yolandi Visser quote: "Leaving Interscope was not a personal thing. These record companies are a certain kind of machine, and we weren't able to function in it."

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EDDIE VEDDER

Leaving Interscope was not a personal thing. These record companies are a certain kind of machine, and we weren't able to function in it.

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