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" It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra. "
GRiZ
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" I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better. "
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