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Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say…

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My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

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I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

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The society that produced The Who, The Stones, Dylan, Paul McCartney and later on people, like myself, is over. The materialistic society that produces these kinds of bombastic performances that don't have any value or musical meaning, is very conspicuous, look at me, I'm rich, dig my brand. That's what missing, Bob Dylan made us feel worthy, I try to…

And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got a dream I want the world to share in castle walls Just leave me to despair Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky A dream come true, I'll live there 'til I die…

I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.

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I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

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You're going to be buying your ticket with your heartache, you're gonna be payin' the man with your dues. You're gonna be living alone…

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Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

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Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation.

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Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living. In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline of…

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Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train…

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American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.

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