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Toto: how we made Africa

12:16 AM

‘If this is a hit,’ I said, ‘I’ll run naked down Hollywood Boulevard’

I’d just got a new keyboard. It made this brassy sound and the moment I started playing it, I had what would become the opening riff to Africa. Then I hummed a melody and by the time I got to the chorus, I had words. “Hang on,” I thought. “I’m a talented songwriter but I’m not this talented!” It was as if a higher power was writing through me, because this stuff was coming out like magic.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2DWQBoP

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