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My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable. ↗

— Voltaire

#let us #life #make #only #theorizing

I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear. ↗

— John Fogerty

#bad #fact #good #good songs #hard

I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James. ↗

— John Fogerty

#brown #dance #elements #great #great people

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine. ↗

— John Fogerty

#anything #done #enjoyed #even #i

People must help one another; it is nature's law. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#help #law #must #nature #people

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition. ↗

— Charles Vest

#amount #award #best #cannot #changes

You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army. ↗

— Richard Foreman

#army #because #i #know #out

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album. ↗

— John Fogerty

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Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. ↗

— Ben Folds

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