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When I Did Get Signed And I Was Going Around Letting People Know What I Was About, That's Exactly How I Did It: Me On The Piano, Playing A Couple Of Songs I'd Written And Talking To The People In Between. That's How I Got My Performance Chops Up.

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When I Did Get Signed And I Was Going Around Letting People Know What I Was About, That's Exactly How I Did It: Me On The Piano, Playing A Couple Of Songs I'd Written And Talking To The People In Between. That's How I Got My Performance Chops Up.

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