"Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?"

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"Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?"

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"It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible."

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"In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."

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"Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are."

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"I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women."

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