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Human beings, just as a race as a species,

they have universalities. Of course, we know that.

But music demonstrates that in a very bold way,

because at our core, we respond to certain things.

And that is universal.

Nobody needs to talk about happiness in Gambia

or happiness in the US or happiness in China or Japan

or whatever. Happiness is happiness.

You know, what might bring about is different,

but your experience of that emotion is still the same.

And that's where music comes in.

It's that no matter what nationality is from,

where it's from, who is experiencing,

what set of circumstances in that particular person's life

made this song mean something to them.

That's whole different. But at the end of the day,

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