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I Remember Early On, For Instance, Having To Play Wedding Gigs, That I Hated Playing The Music. Now I Don't Have To Play Music That I Don't Like. I Only Get To Do What I Enjoy, So That's Pretty Lucky.

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I Remember Early On,

Norah Jones

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I Remember Early On, For Instance, Having To Play Wedding Gigs, That I Hated Playing The Music. Now I Don't Have To Play Music That I Don't Like. I Only Get To Do What I Enjoy, So That's Pretty Lucky.

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