Musicians Duet Better

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A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.~ Robert Heinlein

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"Writing is nothing to be ashamed of, but it should be done in the dark, and you should wash your hands afterwards." -- Robert Heinlein

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I have too much time on hands today in my hotel room so this thought came to mind:How Music and Sex are alike:It’s something you can enjoy without being good at itA 30 second jingle can be fun but not as satisfying as an anthemThe more the merrierYou love the occasional “encore” callsIt’s a great way to kill time when you're aloneIf you are too loud it bothers the neighborsIt’s hard to be inventive or original, it's all been doneHate it when the cops show upEverybody brags about how good they areTiming is everythingMy church won't like it if I get too carried away on Sunday morningIt's nice to fantasize about new horizonsMy wife says I'm not very good at itYou dream of scoring it big some dayAhhh, nostalgiaNo matter how much money you spend on it you still want to buy moreMy wife decides how often I play (and begging doesn’t help)Everybody's a criticMost mornings it's on my mind as soon as I wakeYou can hurt yourself with too much jumping aroundCan you hum a few bars for me(?)No one is as good as they think they areYou hate it when the batteries go dead in the middle of a performanceDon’t wanna discuss it with grandmaYou can learn a lot by watching othersMadonna makes it seem dirtyAs a kid my parents didn’t want me involved in itMTV couldn’t survive without itI didn’t like it on “The Golden Girls”It was my favorite part of Pop FestivalsIn the old days I could slip in the C.C.R. 8 Tract and that car would start rockin’The more you pay for the instrument the better it isThere’s no demand for my servicesDon’t put it on tape if you don’t want everyone to have access to itInstructions for whistling: Just pucker your lips and blowThere are 2 ladies in a local orchestra I’d like to form a trio withYou always tell them how good it wasSometimes you throw away the set list and just jam all nightI was never interested in what Boy George was gonna do nextIn my studio the piano is the most productive sourceEveryone should practice, practice, practice… and practice some moreToo much talking is bad techniqueIt helps me survive the workweekIf you are really good you get invited back once in awhileThe Internet has made it accessible to some strange peopleIt’s the only reason for me to danceBeing ugly was always a hindrance for meYou hate hearing about your lack of talentI could go on all day but I'd rather some of you chime in

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"I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century to have made giant strides in reverse." ~ Bing Crosby"It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness." Jerry Garcia

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We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.~ Frank Tibolt

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A short saying oft contains much wisdom.~ Sophocles

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"Without music, life would not be worth living."~ NietzcheOf course, I'm assuming he was talking about good music.

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Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.~ Edward Gibbon

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Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.~ Hector Berlioz

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Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ~ Charles Bukowski, From "Betting on the Muse"