When I’m writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.
Meaning of the quote
The quote means that Shane MacGowan, an Irish musician, enjoys hearing other people sing the songs he writes more than singing them himself. He finds more joy in creating the songs and then letting others perform them than in performing the songs himself. The act of writing the music is more satisfying to him than being the one who sings it.
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