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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to sing. So the gut feeling you’re talking about comes from singing and communicating the lyrics and what it is that we feel.

Brandi Carlile

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