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A little less conversation, a little more action please.

Elvis Presley

A Little Less Conversation

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Presley, Elvis. "A Little Less Conversation." Written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange. Almost in Love. RCA Records, 1968.

Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you

Elvis Presley

Can't Help Falling in Love

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Presley, Elvis. "Can't Help Falling in Love." Written by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss. Blue Hawaii. RCA Records, 1961.

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge over Troubled Water

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Simon, Paul. "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Columbia Records, 1970.

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Merrill, Bob. "People." Funny Girl. Composed by Jule Styne. 1964, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

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Marley, Bob and Peter Tosh. "Get Up, Stand Up." Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Burnin'. Tuff Gong/Island Records, 1973.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain.

Bob Dylan

Not Dark Yet

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Dylan, Bob. "Not Dark Yet." Time Out of Mind. Columbia Records, 1997.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

Bob Marley

Zion Train

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Marley, Bob. "Zion Train." Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Uprising. Tuff Gong/Island Records, 1980.

If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

Charlie Parker

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

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Parker, Charlie. Quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya. Written by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff. Rinehart & Company, 1955.

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Cash, June Carter and Merle Kilgore. "Ring of Fire." Performed by Johnny Cash. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. Columbia Nashville, 1963.

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Williams, Hank. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. MGM Records, 1949.

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Coltrane, John. "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Interviewed by Don DeMichael. DownBeat, 12 Apr. 1962.

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Coltrane, John. Quoted in Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, written by Scott Saul. Harvard University Press, 2003.

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Williams, Hank. Ramblin' Man. MGM Records, 1951.

Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?

John Cage

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Cage, John. "Communication." Composition as a Process lecture series. 1958, Darmstadt, Germany.

Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Bruce Cockburn

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

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Cockburn, Bruce. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Stealing Fire. True North Records, 1984.

We will all go together when we go,
All suffused with an incandescent glow.

Tom Lehrer

We Will All Go Together When We Go

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Lehrer, Tom. "We Will All Go Together When We Go." An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer. Lehrer Records/Reprise Records/Warner Records, 1959.

One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

Trenchtown Rock

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Marley, Bob. Trenchtown Rock. Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Tuff Gong, 1971.

It was a real slow walk in a real sad rain.

Johnny Cash

Drive On

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Cash, Johnny. "Drive On." American Recordings. American Recordings, 1994.

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again.

Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

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Simon, Paul. "The Sounds of Silence." Performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M, Columbia Records, 1964.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Letter to Leopold Mozart. 8 Nov. 1777.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. The Letters of Mozart and His Family, edited by Emily Anderson. Springer, 2016.

I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

Beck

Loser

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Beck and Carl Stephenson. Loser. Performed by Beck. Mellow Gold. Bong Load Records, 1993.