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Yeah. i'm amateurish. i can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. but, i don't play well at all. i wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
-Ben E. King
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Yeah. I'm Amateurish. I Can Play Enough

Ben E. King
Yeah. i'm amateurish. i can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. but, i don't play well at all. i wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
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Well, it grow together. it's like, first time i try to write a song is the first time i try to play the guitar. and so i can write a song without the guitar. but it really grow together. i really like stay with my guitar. but it just happen, is the inspiration come through man. because, i personally, it look like, could i write a whole heap a tune, it look like. but i pick special tune to write. cause a man can think of plenty things. yuh know wah ah mean.
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