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"I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?"

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

Idea, Living, Lying, Now

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"I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?"

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"In the jungle of ideas, it is hard to find the true direction! The paths of the wrong ideas often seem to be very alluring!"

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"This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home."

"I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity."

"Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them."

"They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage."

"Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper."

"I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up."

"After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together."

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"For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles."

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