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I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

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Ariel Pink
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 24
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
LA
California
Music
Rock
Wanted
Rocks
Self
Personality
Real
Behinds
Always
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Create
Cover
Voice
Hide
Change
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Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.
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I always want to be a member in the audience, and I want to hear it from their point of view and see it from their point of view so I can know if it's good. But that's just my issues, not a real problem.
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I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.
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