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" I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news. "
Marvin Hamlisch
I Can
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" From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. "
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