So You Wanna Be a Rock'n'Roll Writer (Keep a Carbon!)
Charlie Gillett, Rock File 1, 1972
My favourite music magazine is called Creem. It's published in Detroit, Michigan, and every month the first thing I see is a statement next to the letters page at the front:
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