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“When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come…” quote by Tom Glazer — Download Open image

“When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers.”

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