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“I was at a crossroads, to do what I really want to do or do what people were telling me to do… I decided I don't care what people think.”
Source: Interview with The Line of Best Fit, 8 April 2021
Context On rejecting the expected path of a safe job, marriage and children, and leaving work in 2018 to pursue music.
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