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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.

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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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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.

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