There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. (Edgar Allan Poe)

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

Edgar Allan Poe

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