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Songwriting Quotes by Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
- Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.
- Listen to what children have to say-their windows to the soul are unclouded.
- Read something that YOU want to read, not something that you feel compelled to read.
- Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.
- Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you.
- Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies genius and magic.
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