52 Ghosts

Fifty-two

Like I’m the only one who knows your heart

A version of ‘Only Girl (In The World)’, from Rihanna’s Loud, which you can buy here.

Fifty-one

There’s piles on the floor
of artefacts from dresser drawers
that I’ll help you pack

A version of ‘We Laugh Indoors’, from Death Cab For Cutie’s stunning The Photo Album, which you can buy here.

Fifty

We were trying to earn a living is what we were trying to do. We were trying to be professional musicians and we were from the North of England

Contains samples from ‘Teasing the Korean’, from John Barry’s Goldfinger score, and a sample from ‘The Dawn Discussion’, from his score for Four in the Morning, both of which you can buy here.

Forty-nine

I want to be able to say that I did more,
more than pray … more than just spend my money

Contains samples from ‘Love’s On It’s Way’, from Corinne Bailey Rae’s beautiful, heartbreaking, and bittersweet album, The Sea, which you can buy here.

Forty-eight

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm

Edwin Louis Cole

Forty-seven

I think we seem to be on the same train. I think we left the station. Let’s make it to the next stop

Lee Ielpi

Forty-six

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end

Gilda Radner

Forty-five

Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time

Jean Paul

Forty-four

Christmas is the day that holds all time together

Alexander Smith

Forty-three

Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different

David Hockney