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You hit a guitar, you hit a note, you hit a drum, you hit an organ. Meat and potatoes. Simplicity. Not getting too caught up in little tweezers of perfection.

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Feist
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 13
Actor
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Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Leslie Feist
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