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It's Been A Thrilling Journey - I Have Had To Really Learn That An Orchestra Is An Entity - It's A Creature. I Have Been Calling It The Dragon And The Conductor Is The Dragon Tamer. And You Just Have To ... Ride And Don't Let Go And You Will Be Fine.

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It's Been A Thrilling

Tori Amos

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It's Been A Thrilling Journey - I Have Had To Really Learn That An Orchestra Is An Entity - It's A Creature. I Have Been Calling It The Dragon And The Conductor Is The Dragon Tamer. And You Just Have To ... Ride And Don't Let Go And You Will Be Fine.

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