Well When I Was Young, When I Was Very Young, When I Was A Little Boy I Don't Remember The Music I Heard, But There Was An Article In The Brooklyn Daily Written By My Aunt About How I Could Choose Phonograph Records. - SearchQuotes

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Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.

Elliott Carter

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