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Ben Folds on Keeping Art Alive
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The conversation shifts from his years at the Kennedy Center to the details of writing for orchestra, from the small dramas within songs like "Christine From The 7th Grade" and "But Wait There's More." Folds explores his long-standing Keys For Kids initiative and explains why access to instruments and music education still feels crucial to him.
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