"The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."

Sound, Want, Sammy Davis, Jr.

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"The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."

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