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Sou um artista sem rótulos, porque nem eu mesmo sei definir a minha música.
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The speaker does not want their music confined to a fixed category. Calling themselves an artist “without labels” reflects the difficulty of placing their work under one clear definition, even from their own perspective. The quote presents musical identity as open and hard to reduce to a single description.
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