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" Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! "

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" I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label. "

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" I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X. "

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