"Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov."

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I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your title.' He showed me little methods of proving to yourself whether the line belongs, and ways of finding out whether you were able to get more out of a line if you tried.

— Merle Haggard