"Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success."
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"My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.“
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"If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything."
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