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"Just as with a guitar, you can improvise a guitar solo, and they'd probably be similar each time, but they won't be exactly the same. With the word, it's probably a bit freer than that. I probably repeat myself more musically than I do verbally."
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Source: Interview with Christopher Bahn, www.avclub.com. November 13, 2007.
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