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You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
Stravinskys music, hard, cold, unsentimental, enormously brilliant and virtuous, was now the favorite of my postadolescence. In a different way it achieved… — George Antheil Copy Share Image
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