Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys – ‘Empire State of Mind’“Why? Because it’s the greatest. That’s it. On the chorus you get pure emotion and the verse you get pure cool.
To have them both in the same song it’s unusual. It goes to a lot of places for me emotionally. It’s just a stunning song, and I love how she says “inspi-ya-you” every time.
I can never hear it too much. It’s never like ‘oh no, I’m hearing this again’ it’s like ‘oh, I’m falling for this song again’.”Richard Strauss – ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ (theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)“I have distinct memories of hearing this one, going way back to when I lived in Rochester, Minnesota – I left there when I was three so it was earlier than that.
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