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Curtis during his days at the University of New Mexico.

Changing Direction: Gerald Curtis (4)

Playing piano in bars and nightclubs in Albuquerque

Thomas Edison is reputed to have said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. While studying music at Fredonia, I soon realized that I just did not feel passionate enough about a music career to enjoy spending hours every day in a piano studio. Later, after I began studying Japanese, I discovered that I was happier practicing kanji for hours on end than practicing the piano.

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