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American pie Quote by Don McLean

“American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.” quote by Don McLean — Download Open image

“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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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…

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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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Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.

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I'm so vain, all I could think was I should have stopped at 'American Pie.'

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