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He doesn't make any money on Piano Man. Like, he signed it all away. Isn't that nuts? Or for like 10 years or something. Maybe he does now. But, but so during that time when Piano Man was like kind of a hit, he wasn't making any money on it because some other guy owned it. He wrote— gave away all his publishing, gave away everything.
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Wait, what?
He doesn't get any money because he signed everything away to some guy.
And what do you mean he doesn't make any money?
He doesn't make any money on Piano Man. Like, he signed it all away. Isn't that nuts? Or for like 10 years or something. Maybe he does now. But, but so during that time when Piano Man was like kind of a hit, he wasn't making any money on it because some other guy owned it. He wrote— gave away all his publishing, gave away everything.
Wow. So he's like that desperate to like find something that he like signed over everything.
Yeah.
Yeah, that is— that seems like that's like a recurring thing with like artists back in the day.