"I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized."
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"I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because that's where I practice and write and listen and study.“
-Esperanza Spalding
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