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If I cannot fly, let me sing.

Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
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Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
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I do not hope for what I cannot have! I do not cling to things I cannot keep!
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Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player. That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player. How can you tell? It's PIPING hot! Then blow on it first!
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