"My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed."

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Key

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Jazz

"It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense."

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"Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late."

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