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" I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off. "

Zooey Deschanel

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" There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming. "

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