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"Piano should be the one. Yeah, because that's your basis. Everything is right there in front of you."
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"I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something."
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"If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music."
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