God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.

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I will die before getting to understand women and the intonation of the double basses.

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To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.

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I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.

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Can't you read? The score demands ""con amore,"" and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!

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When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.

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