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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.

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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.

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