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"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

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"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."

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