Editting/cutting songs from iTunes

I'm new to Mac and everything that comes with it, so this may sound like a very simple question...
Can I edit a song from iTunes on GarageBand? I don't want to make my own thing or add any beats to it or anything...I just want to be able to cut out chunks of the song to make it shorter.
On my PC, I had some really old Sony program that I used to do this for years, and now that's all I know...can someone please tell me how to do this, if I can?
Oh, and one more thing, if that's not something GarageBand does, can you please suggest software that you have found simple and efficient for this?
Thank you so much!

Well, as amazingly helpful as that tidbit was, can you please elaborate? Can you possibly suggest an audio editor that would maybe be a good choice?
Thanks!
Like I said, I'm new to Mac. I'm so glad that this website is available to people like me who know very little about how to do things. So any kind advice I can get would be appreciated.

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