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" I didn't start to collect records and listen to guitar players properly until I went to art school, when I'd already been playing for five years. So my style was already formed, and that's why I think it's so unique. "

Pete Townshend

Style

Art

Guitar

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Going

Try

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Religion

Organized

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King

Never

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Brian

Day

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Child

Everything

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