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Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in Pulp Fiction. | Photo: screenshot from the movie
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The Dead Daises can either be loved or damned for their archaic nature. | Photo: Press
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Few people get excited when your music is presented in a context you didn't choose. | Photo: Unsplash
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Not only is this song one of the most beautiful on the Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul, but it's definitely one of their best | Photo: Roger (Flickr)
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Music and sport have many things in common. Playing a two-hour concert at full physical capacity is sometimes a feat worthy of an Olympic medal. | Photo: Amin Hasani (Unsplash)
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Myles decided to take the rock path compared to his previous acoustic work. | Photo: Alfred Nitsch
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It’s never been as easy to get a great mix out of your home studio as it is now! I Photo: Creative Commons
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The process of creating, learning new playing skills and especially sharing it at rehearsals and then concerts are magical moments that motivate every musician. | Photo: Dan Senior (Unsplash)
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The current Offspring lineup is strong and passionate about the cause. | Photo: Daveed Benito
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The new songs lack the heart and soul that once set Coldplay apart from the rest. | Photo: Raph_PH (Wikipedia.org)
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Few things motivate a person to compulsively play a musical instrument like procrastination from another, absolutely necessary but all the more unpleasant activity. | Photo: Yabee Eusebio (Pexels)
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"We may or may not like it, but we all have a song by Queen inside us." | Photo: Marco G. Di Marco / Queenshow MGMT
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Brandon Lee as Eric Draven / The Crow. | Photo: screenshot from the movie
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