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I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm interested, I listen. I watch a lot of new films, I see everything. I still read, I like books, whether they are old books, new books. I'm interested - you gotta stay interested!
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Being brave is being scared and worried and still doing it [what you do]. Because if you're just a wacko, a mashugana, a crazy guy, then you're not brave, your nuts!
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Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.
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I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
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Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
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Don’t be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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