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Leon Bridges was very shy and also very poor. After hurricane Katrina 10 relatives came to live with him and although he was surrounded by so many people he felt alone. He said he felt alone and he had no place.

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He didn't dream of being a soul singer because he didn't listen to soul music as a kid.

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He wasn't exposed to soul music as a kid. He mostly listened to more hip hop and r&b, as those were much more popular.

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Leon Bridges had difficulty fitting in as a kid because he was very shy. He never felt like anyone wanted to be friends with him and that he just didn't fit in. He also struggled due to his families financial hardships growing up.

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Bridges didn't dream of being a soul singer because he didn't even know what soul music was. He only listened to hip hop. He never heard of any of the great soul musicians.

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Leon Bridges was very shy as a kid the text said he was "Painfully shy as a kid." And he also did not have a good family life and that made it hard for him to make friends.

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Bridges didn't dream of being a soul singer because he did not listen to soul when he was younger

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he didnt dream of being a soul singer because he didnt listen to soul music when he was a kid

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Leon didn't dream of being a soul singer when he grew up simply because he didn't listen to it. He listened to R&B and Hip-Hop which were the music his peers were listening to at the time.

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Leon Bridges had a hard time growing up due to the fact he was shy. He has said that he never felt like anyone wanted to be friends with him also. Another reason why he had a hard time was because his family was very poor.

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Leon bridges didnt dream to be a soul singer because as a kid he didnt listen to soul music .

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Leon Bridges was poor and had no friends and people never wanted to be friends with him. He would try to fit in with the kids by listening to the type of music those kids listened to.

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He had trouble fitting in because he felt alone. He felt he had no place to go and enjoy himself. He thought that he didn't fit in at all. He also had a pretty rough time with his families financial status.

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Bridges didn't dream about being a soul singer because he was not educated about it. He mainly listened to rap and R&B because that is what was popular and he didn't have a reason or purpose to listen to soul.

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Leon had trouble fitting in because he was shy and poor. He didnt think anyone wanted to be friends with him.

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He had trouble fitting in, because he didn't feel like others liked him, and he was very shy. His family was poor and his parents separated, it was difficult for him to make friends when he went back and forth from his parents houses.

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He didn't dream of being a soul singer because he didn't listen or even know about soul when he was young

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He had troubles fitting in as a kid because he was very shy, he was very poor, he had no friends, and not the best family

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He didn't think he could sing, he was insecure and he never really listened to music, he once thought of joining the church quire but was to insecure to do so

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He had family troubles and felt like no one wanted to be his friend.

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Leon Bridges never dreamed of being a soul singer when he was growing up because he never listened to how great soul music was he would mainly just listen to Hip Hop.

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He didn't dream of being a soul artist because he didn't listen to soul music when he was younger.

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Bridges developed his sense of style he has during his performances through a combination of different experiences, one being the way he dressed because his mom's friend gave Leon some of his old clothes as a teen. Another was when he was growing up listening to R&B he always liked music and seeing his dad dance made him take a class at community college for dance. The ironic thing about the origins of Bridges' style is that he never mean't to be a soul singer it just sort of came to him. He never listened to soul or even knew of many soul artists, it just came to him naturally.

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He developed his style based on the emotions he remembered as a kid. Unexpectedly his memories were of him dancing to and enjoying hip hop. His style was not influenced by other soul artists. His style was also made by the clothes he wore and the way he looked that was different than other soul artists.

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Leon was a very shy kid, this is one of the reasons why he had difficulty fitting in. He also had a very hard at-home life and he felt it made it difficult to make friends.

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Leon Bridges was not able to fit in with other people was because he was very shy with people but the way he tried to fit in with other people was for to try listen to what other kids were listening to.

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He looked up to many different people from different types of music which influenced his style and how he acted. He believed he didn't fit in so he would try and fit in by listening to different types of music. Listening to different types of music could affect his style. Also his emotions affect his style.

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he lived in 2 separate places, suburban Fort Worth and inner-city Dallas, where his father worked at a community center.

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He didn't dream of being a soul singer because he couldn't sing that good, and he didn't listen to soul music that much when he was younger.

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When he was young his parents divorced and they lived in different parts of the city one lived in the inner-city and the other lived in the suburban. He was really shy also

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Leon Bridges style is the style of soul music  that is why it is ironic because he war that before he even new about soul. This started from when his mom got some old clothes from her that he wore.

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Bridges likes to write from the heart. He doesn't write to produce "flashy soul songs" but to show people a genuine person. Bridges' style developed thanks to his mom's friend. His music style is so unique because it expresses experiences he went through. It is also unique because his style did not originate from soul sense he always listened to hip hop. Bridges never found a specific person to look up to, he made a combination of types of music he liked and made it into his own.

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He had trouble fitting because he didn't think others would like him, and being a shy person its harder making new friends. His parents lived in different areas which made it worse to fit in one spot

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Leon didn't dream of becoming a soul singer when he was growing up because at the time he wasn't listening to soul. He didn't even know what it was until he grew older.

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Bridges performances are genuine and real because he writes and sings with passion. He uses his feeling of his childhood and with what he knows and likes to build and form his style.

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Leon bridges developed his style that he did because he used his past experiences. He used experiences like  what he wore, and listened to as a kid. Because of this his style was genuine and from the heart. This is ironic because he didnt listen to soul as a kid and ended up being a soul singer

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Leon bridges had trouble fitting in with the rest of the kids because he was shy and poor and no loving family.

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Leon Bridges never dreamt of being a soul singer because he always listened to hip-hop and R&B since they were what he was exposed to.

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The styles he developed were from his childhood. His style was produced by the clothes he wore. That was important to him. He writes his songs from his heart. He doesn't try and make it a "flashy" song. That's what separates his style from other soul artists.

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His Mom's friend gave him some old clothes that he wore as a teen and he like r&b and their dances and seeing their clothes.

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he sung and wrote about his past and his memories, his parents got divorced when he was 7, he danced to the Hip Hop songs in his garage as a kid, and he had a 50's type look

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No, He wanted to be like other kids his age so he started listening too R&B and hip-hop. For that reason he was never exposed to soul music

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Leon Bridges would write from the heart when he writes his songs so he would write about things in the past about family and stories of truth. But he never meant to be a soul singer he just sung about things that a soul singer would sing about.

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He started to develop his own style because of the things that he remembered from his childhood he didn't really listen to soul so he didn't get inspired to be one but what he remembered was that he was a dancer and him enjoying hip hop and the things that made him have his own style was the type of clothes that he wore.

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He didn't really know what he was type of genre he was singing he just wanted to tell his story. He was then asked "was sam cooke your inspiration" while in a interview but he didn't know him and then he knew what he wanted to write

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He got his style by being inspired by different types of music genres and his mom giving him some old clothes,