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When I Sit Down To Write A Song, It's A Kind Of Improvisation, But I Formalize It A Bit To Get It Into The Studio, And When I Step Up To A Microphone, I Have A Vague Idea Of What I'm About To Do.

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Paul McCartney

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When I Sit Down To Write A Song, It's A Kind Of Improvisation, But I Formalize It A Bit To Get It Into The Studio, And When I Step Up To A Microphone, I Have A Vague Idea Of What I'm About To Do.

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