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"I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing."
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Source: Steve Martin on Objects of Beauty. Interview with Rita Braver, www.cbsnews.com. December 5, 2010.
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