out into his black-and-white confession box. While the boy of the past in the Speed Racer shirt did not likely share this view on the piano, it is clear that his excitement for the instrument has been a major influence on the young man of the present. To this day, he feels the same delight as the boy did before him each time he sits down to play. In that moment before the first note is struck, his freedom knows no bounds. He and his instrument are one, in as perfect harmony as the notes of the major chord.
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