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IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
IAN HUNTER