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Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.

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Robert Redford
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 18
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