The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am sing…

Henry Miller
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The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr
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The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing. ✨ Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). A Henry Miller reader, Riverrun Pr

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