#so

Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#believe #free #i #music #something

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#brought #glad #i #i am #joy

I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#because #categories #come #going #hear

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

#innate #most #probably #songwriters #songwriting

The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#because #being #drained #emotionally #every

To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#again #care #decided #else #end

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

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We became the songs we wrote. ↗

— Barry Mann

#songs #wrote

It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#else #explain #just #someone #understand

Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#handsome #just #larger #love #madly