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Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they tend to start playing only the things that they can play, rather than the things they can't.
Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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Patrick Bruce Metheny
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