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I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

Robert Quine

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Robert Quine
Age: 61 †
Born: 1942
Born: December 30
Died: 2004
Died: May 31
Composer
Guitarist
Akron
Ohio
Robert Wolfe Quine
Piano
Lessons
Early
Taking
Quite
Experience
Coerced
Unpleasant

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