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Trending topics shown first"I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time."
"I'm bent on proving that you can make living as musician and not die young and crazy like Mozart."
"I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll."
"I only hope that one day John will be recognized as … the Beethoven or something of his day. He knows so much about music, he's such a great musician. He's completely mad - but that's because he's Wel…"
"The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."
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1814
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