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| I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, traveling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.__1__, my parents had a farm and I didn't want to do that-I wanted to do something __2__.However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing music in public. I had been playing the __3__ since I was ten years old, but t  he idea of playing in front of other people was very __4__. I started one day, when a local youth club advertised a talent show-anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert.I singed myself up. When the day of the show came, I was so __5__ that I couldn't eat.It was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt __6__ unsure of myself.I had no idea whether I was __7__ good and was worried that no one would like me. When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to __8__! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself.When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people __9__! After the show a man __10__ up to me to say how much he enjoyed my __11__.He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to take on a guitar player.He asked me to come along the next day to have a try.This successful trial turned my dream into __12__.In the following days, we __13__ around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world.Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV. We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday.As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became __14__ of traveling so much.But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my __15__ as among the best moments of my life. | ||||
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