How Do I Trim Leading and Trailing Quote from MySQL Row?

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I have a MySQL table that I have imported from a CSV file. In this process, a bunch of the entries have quote marks leading and trailing the entry of several data rows. For example the the table 'example_table' I have a row called 'title.' Some of these titles are written as:

"title1"
"title2"
"title3"

and some are written without the quote marks:

title4
title5
title6

I have tried a variety of SQL calls to trim the row but I keep getting errors. Here is my sql call:

SELECT * FROM `example_table` TRIM(LEADING '"' FROM "title")

This is the error from MySQL when I run the call:

1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use

How do I go about getting rid of all the trailing and leading quotation marks from the row?

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