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"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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"We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal."

"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."

"Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play."

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"I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that."