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Rodgers and Hammerstein didnt mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on
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"Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly"

- Art Garfunkel

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Art Garfunkel's quote reflects his attitude towards his music profession when he was starting. He was not particularly thinking about the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein, however rather wanted to be like individuals he heard on the radio. He was concentrated on the present minute and not thinking about the future. This quote reveals that he was driven by his ambition to make it big in the music industry, and wanted to put in the work to make it happen. He was not interested in the previous or the future, but rather with today and what he might do to make his dreams come true. His quote is a testimony to his decision and ambition, and works as an inspiration to those who are striving to make their dreams become a reality.

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Art Garfunkel This quote is written / told by Art Garfunkel somewhere between November 5, 1941 and today. He was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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