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Yngwie Malmsteen: “I've never practiced in the true meaning of the word. From the first time I picked up a guitar when I was 7, in my head I was a performer”
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Yngwie Malmsteen: “I've never practiced in the true meaning of the word. From the first time I picked up a guitar when I was 7, in my head I was a performer”
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