The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?

D. A. Pennebaker

Came Center Cultural Cut Did Doing Edit Ever First First Thing French Got Imagine Knots Little Off Recorder Recording Some Square Thing Tied Together Up Very Wanted Wire Work You

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