Nicholas James Murphy (Chet Faker) Quotes

On my Instagram, lots of people tag me in photos of just dudes with beards, and they're like, 'Oh my God, I met Chet Faker' and I'm like, 'That doesn't even look like me.'

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  Nicholas James Murphy
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