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" I was always into classical music and opera because I played the piano as I went through school and was very interested in Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals and stuff like that. That changed into heavy metal at around the age of 14 or 13, and I dropped the piano and started to play the guitar. "

Kristian Nairn

Music

Age

Always

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Game

Done

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Want

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Think

Guitar

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Discrimination

People

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Mother

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Name

Music

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Believe

First