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Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be

Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so. – W. H. Auden

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After about three lessons my voice teacher said, Dont take voice lessons. Do it your way. Youre a song stylist. Always do it your way. – Johnny Cash

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Id rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when Im forty-five. – Mick Jagger

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It is not worth singing for ourselves; it is nicer if two people sing together. Then more people: hundreds, thousands, until the huge Harmony can be heard, in which we can all be just one, indeed. Then will we be able to say: – Zolt

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