Gray's early music was in a contemporary folk-rock, singer-songwriter mode; his primary instrument was acoustic guitar, with occasional piano.

Gray早期的音乐类型属于当代摇滚民谣并且是一个唱作人。他早期使用的乐器是原声吉他，偶尔使用钢琴。

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This was why, when I added the finishing touches to my piano version of a modern alt-rock song, my pride was all-consuming and glorious: this arrangement was mine.

这也是为什么当我完成由一首另类摇滚改编而来的原创钢琴版本的最后几个音符时，自豪和欣喜之情油然而生，充满了我的胸膛：这首改编曲是我的作品。

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This body can't play the piano or climb rock walls, but it taught all the neighborhood kids to eat with their feet, a skill it learned in the children's hospital.

这个身体不能弹钢琴或者爬石墙，但是它在儿童医院里学过怎么用脚吃饭，并且教会了所有邻居的孩子。

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The song reflects the sort of challenging sentimentality that would define moments in later decades, when great acoustic jazz piano infiltrated a rock audience.

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This body can't play the piano or climb rock walls, but it taught all the neighborhood kids to eat with their feet, a skill it learned in the children's hospital.

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After jumping around from jazz to folk to rock, he returned to his piano-based roots on 2004's Halcyon Days.

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