There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.

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You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

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I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

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When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

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Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

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When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...