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David Friedman

American Musician

Born: Mar 10, 1944

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My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing. David Friedman

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I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company. David Friedman

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I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere. David Friedman

Fighting Spent Never Got Years Anywhere Fortune Fought

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me. David Friedman

For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times! David Friedman

Live Seconds Gigantic High London Sing Singers Said Times Hold Them Choir Disney Who Need Needed

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything. David Friedman

Sometimes Feels Like Doing Anything

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year. David Friedman

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I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year. David Friedman

Year Every Benefit Direct Hospital Write Duke Children University

I've been doing a lot of studying singing, and I'm thinking of recording an album containing all my old war horses and putting out a songbook at the same time. David Friedman

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I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally. David Friedman

People Think Something Songs Emotionally Move

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself. David Friedman

Time Myself Trust Wind Write Songs Time Goes By Goes Often Realize

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said that they were about to kill themselves, but they listened to a song of mine and it saved their lives. David Friedman

Spiritual Song Somebody Saved Mine About Talking Advisor Said Got Were Listened Themselves Who Letter Lives

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure. David Friedman

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I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly for it. There's something that has always been difficult about that for me. David Friedman

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Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. David Friedman

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