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I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me.

Lara St. John

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Lara St. John
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 15
Musician
Violinist
London
Ontario
Years
Ears
Always
Playing
Never
Since
Grownups
Life
Remember
Drudgery
Music
Remembering
Wanted
Scales
Everything
Mostly
Without
Naturally

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