UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Steppenwolf (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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"There’ always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night…. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song."
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American Rock musician Tom Petty (1950 – 2017) plays guitar as he performs, with his band the Heartbreakers, onstage during the 'Long After Dark' tour at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 31, 1983. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
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1985: Elton John's songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, in London for the High Court hearing in which he and the singer are suing music publisher Dick James for a bigger share of the takings from Elton's early records. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
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