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Musicians Used To Be Way More Instrumental Just In Providing A Soundtrack To What's Going On In The World. And It's Also Important To State What We Think. There's Like This Fear For Their Career, If They Have Anything Intelligent To Say About Politics. And That's Really Messed Up.

-Alicia Keys

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Musicians Used To Be Way More Instrumental

Musicians Used To Be Way More Instrumental Just In Providing A Soundtrack To What's Going On In The World. And It's Also Important To State What We Think. There's Like This Fear For Their Career, If They Have Anything Intelligent To Say About Politics. And That's Really Messed Up.

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