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I was never able to go to elementary school because schools were not accessible,
transportation was not accessible, but as I said my mother had her friend
was a teacher and she gave my grandmother and I books, and for a while,
my grandmother taught me to read and write, etcetera.
And when the teacher left I just started reading everything I could
because that's what I thought the other kids were doing.
I think I got ahead of myself because I would read newspapers, magazines,
and I would ask my friends, "Did you read so-and-so in the paper?"
and they'd look at me like "Huh?" And I developed a love of music,
classical, folk, whatever, and I said "Do you like the music of Bach or Beethoven?"
and they'd look at me like I was crazy. I said what am I doing wrong?