Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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Akon's birth name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam.
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Shakira was banned from her school choir because her music teacher didn’t think she could sing and thought that she “sounded like a goat”.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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