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" I'm a very loyal and compassionate person. "

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" You go through so many changes, especially in your twenties. "

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" I think it's just my personality, or maybe just because I've been playing music for so long and working so hard at it, that I don't expect anything from it anymore. I just do my work and then hope that it works out. "

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